Kanchanaburi court set to decide fate of Brit who murdered Kalasin woman and stuffed her in red bag

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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.

 

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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.

 

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[Kwasaki]

Keep the animal lock up. 

[keith101]

20 years to life is what he should get get but TIT .

[kcpattaya]

Death

[NanLaew]

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).

[JeffersLos]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

what the court's decision might be. 

Impossible to say without knowing his financial situation. 

[NanLaew]

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.

[worldexpress]

Eye for qn eye. Nothing he gets will be justice.

[Andrew65]

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.

[RichardColeman]

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

 

 

[chalawaan]

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.

[chalawaan]

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.  

[PETERTHEEATER]

12 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

If I went to a Thai jail, I would end my own life.  

Can I have your visitors pass?

[cardinalblue]

Entertainment woman? Love it….

[vandeventer]

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.

[scubascuba3]

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 

[BusyB]

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?

[spidermike007]

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. 

[Chosenfew]

Begs the question, how many others has he killed or abused? These types are usually serial killers…

[BestB]

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.

[ebean001]

it might be best for him to be ex

[hotchilli]

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.

[darksidedog]

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."

[rwill]

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

[Denim]

Re enact the crime but with him in the red bag.

[sawadee1947]

5 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Keep the animal lock up. 

There was No animal involved ????

[Chongalulu]

4 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

Death

Couldn’t you read the article? ???? 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

............ 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

[shackleton]

Well we will find out his sentence tomorrow 10 years plus 

Deserves more but will not get the death penalty 

[Wuvu2]

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.