Former British Hua Hin Resident Sentenced For Murder

[thooktong]

I hope that he will never come back at the open air. Put this rubbish in a cage as a fierce and dangerous Animal.

[Kwaibill]

I don't know that he will eligible for any "amnesties" or paroles. Anybody know the actual sentence beyond the eight years part?  I believe I have read of sentences that prohibit such.

Also wondering where he'll be imprisoned. I don't believe there are many "country club" jails here, but imagine some are worse than others. What are the prospects for a farang who killed a Thai?

Eight years might be a death sentence. One can hope.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Kwaibill
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[CLUBBER]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

British murderer sentenced to eight-years imprisonment for killing and disposing of Thai bar girl in Kanchanaburi in 2014

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Kanchanaburi – British national Shane Kenneth Looker was sentenced to an eight-year imprisonment by the Kanchanaburi Court today, May 31st, for killing 27-year-old Thai woman Laxami Manochat in a hotel room and disposing of her body in the Mae Klong River, Kanchanaburi in 2014.

 

Prior to the murder, Laxami and Looker were captured on CCTV leaving Nana Plaza in Bangkok on November 1st, 2014, before reportedly entering a hotel together.

 

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Only Looker was reportedly seen leaving the hotel afterward with a large suitcase. The suitcase containing her body was found in the Mae Klong River on November 9th.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/05/31/british-murderer-sentenced-to-eight-years-imprisonment-for-killing-and-disposing-of-thai-bar-girl-in-kanchanaburi-in-2014/

 

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8 years for murdering this poor girl , He should be doing life at least ! POS should rot !

[GinBoy2]

34 minutes ago, CLUBBER said:

8 years for murdering this poor girl , He should be doing life at least ! POS should rot !

The 8 years kinda shocked me too. 

 

I know the term was 16, but the norm in Thailand  is you always plead guilty to knock it down to 50%

 

But 8 years for a brutal killing!

 

Add another case to the bulging file of;

 

Why Thai Justice is <deleted> Up'

[gerritkaew]

he now get 8 years bu was picket up in 2017 in Spain , so served 5 years and now an extra 8. But stil a joke .

a 25 year sentence looks better..

Hope they get him in jail..

[Liverpool Lou]

9 hours ago, Inala said:

Eight years for such an horrific crime is laughable. What a travesty of justice. It should be appealed by the family using the 12.5m baht he's ordered to pay, but I guess that's unlikely for a bunch of reasons.

Your suggestion is unlikely for only one reason...the family cannot appeal the sentence to the court.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Moonfire said:

Got caught, guess he didn't own any Red Bull stock.

No Red Bull shareholders premeditatively  murdered and dismembered anyone. 

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

What happened to the property he had in "for Hua Hin where he owned a property." area ?  Hope that went to the ladies kin.

No chance of that being reality.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

He will never pay a dime of it after he is extradited half way his sentence to UK.

He won't be repatriated to the UK until he pays compensation demanded by the court.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

He wont. Add him to the list of ten thousands that should paid compensation and victims wait til this day.

Name one of those multiple "tens of thousands"!

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

He won't either, he will be extradited and the money will remain open. Just as with ten thousand of other cases here.

Name one of those cases.   He will not be extradited to the UK, why would the UK request that?   Maybe you mean "repatriation" after 1/3 of his sentence has been served?  That won't happen if the compensation isn't paid, regardless of your over-imaginative claim that "tens of thousands similar claims have gone unpaid and unpunished". 

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Aside from the property or properties in Thailand does the Thai courts have authority outside to order sale?  12.5 million baht not saying family isn't deserving I hope they get every baht but how often does a Thai court order a Thai murderer compensation? 

No, Thai courts jurisdiction for what you suggest ends at the borders of Thailand.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, thailand49 said:

how often does a Thai court order a Thai murderer compensation? 

"...order a Thai murderer compensation?" The murderer has not been awarded compensation! 

 

Its common for the family of victims to be awarded compensation.  

Edited June 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, smedly said:

a deal was done, he will sell property very likely funded from the proceeds of crime - this ### should be investigated in his home country - assets seized and confiscated unless he can prove where the funds came from 

Why do you claim that his assets are a result of criminal activities?

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Yet the RedBull guy remains free I have to question why  o yes he’s minted !

He's free because (a) he's not charged with murder and (b) Thailand cannot get him extradited.

[ukrules]

This is not a normal situation at all, he essentially murdered a stranger for no apparent reason and got caught this time.

 

I wonder how many times he's done it before?

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, Wagga said:

If the girls family actually get to see the 12.5 mill, that will help pay for some jail bounty hunters to step up.

I'm sure that the family would not be so stupid as to stoop to conspiracy to murder and face the very real possibility of years in prison.

[theoldgit]

36 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Name one of those cases.   He will not be extradited to the UK, why would the UK request that?   Maybe you mean "repatriation" after 1/3 of his sentence has been served?  That won't happen if the compensation isn't paid, regardless of your over-imaginative claim that "tens of thousands similar claims have gone unpaid and unpunished". 

Whilst you’re correct in saying that a prisoner cannot apply for repatriation whilst there are any outstanding fines, or any other non custodial penalties, I’m not sure that you’re correct when you say that repatriation can be applied for only after one third of the sentence imposed has been served.

I’m pretty sure that the only restriction is that there must be six months left to serve and the applicant must not have any outstanding appeals.

The process takes about two years from application to repatriation and the applicant has to pay for their own flights, but not that of the escorts.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, chilli42 said:

It’s too bad that the Thai authorities were not as diligent with extradition in the pursuit of the Boss/Red Bull case. They st least fid their job this time.

Thai authorities don't do the extradition to Thailand, other countries do that and, if those countries don't co-operate, Thailand can do nothing about it.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, martand said:

Does anyone know if the five years in prison spent in Spain is considered part of the sentence? That would reduce the sentence to three years from today..

No, it is not.

[scubascuba3]

6 minutes ago, ukrules said:

This is not a normal situation at all, he essentially murdered a stranger for no apparent reason and got caught this time.

 

I wonder how many times he's done it before?

If he confessed why don't they know how the body got from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi? I'm sure they asked

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, sansaihashbars said:

Only 8 years because of a promise made due to EU law?

If that promise had not been made he would be a free man due to a refused extradition request.   You'd be happy with that?

Edited June 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

BS.

He's in custody since 2017. That's 5 years already. Remains only 3 years left. ????

 

BS.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, NobbyClarke said:

Hopefully (very likely) there will be some evil Thai prisoners awaiting his arrival in prison and I think his days will be short lived.

Do you think that all the other Thai killers lives' in prison were short-lived?   Why should his be?

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Phuket Pete said:

Hang him. - Is that all her life was worth, 8 years in jail ?

No, it was eight years and B12,500,000.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

I personally find it weird that EU criminals cannot be prosecuted according to the laws in the country where they committed their crimes.

They can be and they frequently are!   

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

His sentence is probably not important he will probably not survive his time in prison once the word gets out as to the details of his incarceration. 

Do you think that the other killers of Thai women don't survive their sentence?  Maybe you've seen that reported somewhere, I can't recall it.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, thooktong said:

I hope that he will never come back at the open air

He's only locked up for eight years!

[Liverpool Lou]

22 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

If he confessed why don't they know how the body got from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi? I'm sure they asked

It was reported so many times, previously, that they travelled there, together, in a taxi.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[scubascuba3]

12 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

It was reported so many times, previously, that they travelled there, together, in a taxi.

Yes I recall that, possibly fake news because the latest report in the last day is he bar fined her, they went to a Bangkok hotel and she wasn't seen leaving.

 

There you go read that

 

https://royalcoastreview.com/2022/05/former-british-hua-hin-resident-sentenced-for-murder/

Edited June 1, 2022 by scubascuba3