Alleged cyanide killer’s lawyer off the case as police and key witness meet Am Cyanide in prison

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Deputy National Police Chief General Surachate Hakparn (centre) attended the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Bangkok on Saturday as police again questioned suspected serial killer Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn (right) in the presence of an old friend who received a surprising package delivery in recent days and who immediately contacted police. The suspect’s lawyer Ms Thannicha Ek Suwanwa (inset left) has just confirmed that she is withdrawing from the case while a new lawyer will meet her at the prison on Monday, May 15th.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

Am Cyanide was served a 15th warrant and charged in prison on Tuesday for premeditated murder related to a case going back to 2015. On Saturday, it was reported that she was both laughing and crying while adapting a defensive or suspicious posture to a long-time friend who was accompanied by police on a visit to meet her at the facility. Earlier last week, the suspect was refusing to accept any further visitors besides her then lawyer who confirmed, over the weekend, that she had been released from the case.

The lawyer acting for alleged cyanide serial killer Am Cyanide or Ms Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn has withdrawn from the case while, on Saturday, General Surachate Hakparn, along with a key friend of the accused, met with her at the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Bangkok following the discovery of a mystery parcel delivered to the 60-year-old woman containing the missing personal effects of the last victim who died in April, Ms Siriporn Khanwong or Koi. In the meantime, Deputy Police Chief Surachate told reporters on Saturday that one or two further arrests are due in the coming week linked with people close to the alleged serial killer. A new lawyer to represent Ms Sararat is expected to meet her at the prison on Monday and later to seek recognition before the criminal court.

 

The lawyer for Am Cyanide or Ms Sararat, the suspect now facing 15 charges of premeditated murder in a cyanide poisoning spree since 2015, is understood to have retired from the case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/05/13/alleged-cyanide-killer-sararat-rangsiwutthaporn-lawyer-off-case-meeting-in-prison/

 

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[hotchilli]

Laughing and crying... a very deranged lady.

[sammieuk1]

12 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Laughing and crying... a very deranged lady.

Or a normal politician ???? 

[Kwaibill]

I think it is significant that the lawyer has “retired” from the case. It sounds like she thinks there is no way forward in defending this Am individual.

[kingstonkid]

If she did what they say she did then that in itself proves that she is a strange person.  

 

It will be interesting to see where this goes.  I am sure that the death penalty will be considered if she is found guilty

[Purdey]

Pleading insanity maybe the best defense. I can’t say I have ever heard of a woman being executed but I guess there is always a first time.

[NextG]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Laughing and crying... a very deranged lady.

Likely just another ploy…