webfact Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Kanchanaburi court set to decide fate of Brit who murdered Kalasin woman and stuffed her in red bag Naew Na Thai Caption: Tomorrow's the day! Court to decide fate of farang who murdered Thai woman and stuffed her in a red bag Naew Na reported that the Kanchanaburi court will today (Tuesday) announce its judgment in the case of a British man who murdered an entertainment woman from Kalasin. In what the media described as a vicious murder the victim was weighed down and dumped in a red bag in the Mae Klong river in 2014. A warrant was issued in 2015 to arrest Shane Kenneth Looker for murder as well as removal and concealment of a corpse. It involves the death of Laksami "Puk" Manochart who was 31 at the time of her death. She hailed from Khunhan district of Sisaket in Thailand's NE region. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe She was put in a Pology travel suitcase and tossed in the river. On 6th November 2014 officials found the case floating in the river in Tha Noi sub-district, Tha Muang district, Kanchanaburi province in the west of Thailand. The case was widely followed at the time. Senior prosecutors will be in court to hear the decision. Naew Na said it remains to be seen if Mr Looker will be taken from prison to hear the judgment in court today that begins at 1.30pm. Looker, aged about 51 now, has already admitted all charges in relation to the crime. The media did not speculate on what the court's decision might be. Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper reported last July that Looker had finally been extradited from Spain after years of legal wrangles. He was accused of murdering and dismembering the "strip club dancer" whom he met on the second day of his holiday in Bangkok. The same media reported that "Pook" (their spelling) was a dancer at Hot Lips bar in Nana Plaza. They further said that Looker fled across the border with Malaysia and then returned to his home in Ibiza. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-05-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Keep the animal lock up. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keith101 Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 20 years to life is what he should get get but TIT . 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kcpattaya Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Death 8 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, kcpattaya said: Death Can't do that. 1 hour ago, webfact said: Looker, aged about 51 now, has already admitted all charges in relation to the crime. Admissions of guilt in a Thai court gets an automatic commutation of a any death sentence rendered. Probably 4 or 5 years served here then sent back to serve the remainder in the UK whereupon he will get early release (not life). 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, webfact said: what the court's decision might be. Impossible to say without knowing his financial situation. 9 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 minute ago, JeffersLos said: Impossible to say without knowing his financial situation. If it's gotten as far as a Thai court, he's already broke. 5 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worldexpress Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Eye for qn eye. Nothing he gets will be justice. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew65 Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, NanLaew said: Can't do that. Admissions of guilt in a Thai court gets an automatic commutation of a any death sentence rendered. Probably 4 or 5 years served here then sent back to serve the remainder in the UK whereupon he will get early release (not life). In the book "The Last Executioner", the author said farangs with long sentences tended to serve 8 years in a Thai prison before being sent back to their home countries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, NanLaew said: Can't do that. Admissions of guilt in a Thai court gets an automatic commutation of a any death sentence rendered. Probably 4 or 5 years served here then sent back to serve the remainder in the UK whereupon he will get early release (not life). I think that seems slightly optimistic. It's not like someone killed someone, called the cops and got arrested on the spot, this guy killed her and then stuffed her corpse into a bag and then tossed it in the river. For me , the choice of life in a thai prison - with no tvs and playstations - or a bullet to the head 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Someone here must know this charmer, spill the beans! We're avid for all the boring details of his nothing existence until he stole someone else's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chalawaan Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: I think that seems slightly optimistic. It's not like someone killed someone, called the cops and got arrested on the spot, this guy killed her and then stuffed her corpse into a bag and then tossed it in the river. For me , the choice of life in a thai prison - with no tvs and playstations - or a bullet to the head TV or not, being denied freedom is being denied precious days in earth to enjoy, earn, breed, and travel. I'm not saying the accused, or any criminals, deserve pity, I'm saying that too many "hard liners" underestimate the devastation that limiting a humans freedom does to their limited time on earth. I did 10 days quarantine in a luxury hotel in Christchurch, with an opening balcony, those are ten days of my life I will never get back. Now, imagine prison, even with all that luxury. Same thing. Incarceration is incarceration. If I went to a Thai jail, I would end my own life. 5 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PETERTHEEATER Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, chalawaan said: If I went to a Thai jail, I would end my own life. Can I have your visitors pass? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cardinalblue Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Entertainment woman? Love it…. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vandeventer Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, worldexpress said: Eye for qn eye. Nothing he gets will be justice. Yes a life for a life has my vote. When you get mad at your wife just walk away get on a airplane live somewhere else but don't kill her. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 No mention of a court case? still fishy this case, was he forced to admit guilt or was he really guilty? why no court case? no motive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyB Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, keith101 said: 20 years to life is what he should get get but TIT . You'd seriously let him out in 20 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Some way to spend the second day of your vacation. Hope he gets life or the death sentence. Likely not even his mom will miss him. And his prison mates will enjoy the company of the Looker. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chosenfew Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Begs the question, how many others has he killed or abused? These types are usually serial killers… 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Because of the nature of the murder and way it was done, i would say 25 to life, he confessed, so halved. If i was to bet, i would say he is looking at 15-20 without a possibility of parole. I am sure extradition was approved because Thailand guaranteed no capital punishment, otherwise my guess it would of been death penalty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebean001 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 it might be best for him to be ex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 5 hours ago, webfact said: Naew Na Thai Caption: Tomorrow's the day! Court to decide fate of farang who murdered Thai woman and stuffed her in a red bag A very long stretch in a Thai prison, a percentage to be served here and then back to Blighty to serve the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 This is Thailand and life is cheap. Murderers normally get sentences far lighter than drug dealers. This was particularly brutal mind, though I expect he is going to get as much, if not more for trying to hide the evidence, as he will for the murder itself. Once sentenced he will automatically be entered into the behaviour class system with the same reductions in amnesties on sentence in percentage terms as everyone else with his "class." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, NanLaew said: Can't do that. Admissions of guilt in a Thai court gets an automatic commutation of a any death sentence rendered. Probably 4 or 5 years served here then sent back to serve the remainder in the UK whereupon he will get early release (not life). Also the linked article says that to get him extradited Thailand had to agree to no death penalty. They also show some photos of him leaving the bar with her. They must have had enough evidence to get him extradited. Edited May 31, 2022 by rwill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 Re enact the crime but with him in the red bag. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 5 hours ago, Kwasaki said: Keep the animal lock up. There was No animal involved ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, kcpattaya said: Death Couldn’t you read the article? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eloquent pilgrim Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 ............ lower him into a tree shredder, feet first, very slowly ……. apologies for my inability to suggest a punishment more truly fitting to the appalling barbarism of his crime 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Well we will find out his sentence tomorrow 10 years plus Deserves more but will not get the death penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuvu2 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 27 minutes ago, Chosenfew said: Begs the question, how many others has he killed or abused? These types are usually serial killers… Well, I was going say that we are all being a big harsh since he's really only murdered his girlfriend the one time...but I guess you've got a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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