German expat in Thailand faces death penalty for premeditated murder

[webfact]

 

Authorities in Thailand have officially charged a man with premeditated murder in connection to the gruesome killing of Hans Peter Walter Mack, a 62 year old German property broker residing in Chon Buri, significantly intensifying the legal implications for the prime suspect.

 

Yesterday, Deputy National Police Chief, Surachate Hakparn, listed German national Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann, 52, as the primary individual implicated among four individuals apprehended on suspicion of murdering Mack.

 

The sentencing outcry for the crime has now taken a stark turn as authorities initially listed only a general murder charge, which carries life signage as punishment.

 

“Brinkmann has now been charged with premeditated murder, which is punishable by death,” Surachate stated with absolute clarity.

The other three accused, Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Nicole Frevel, 52, and Shahrukh Karim Uddin, 27, continue denying involvement in the horrific crime.

 

by Mitch Connor

Image courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/german-expat-in-thailand-faces-death-penalty-for-premeditated-murder

 

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[flyingtlger]

Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann does not look like a nice person....

[bignok]

1 minute ago, flyingtlger said:

Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann does not look like a nice person....

Got a poor diet as well.

[ChipButty]

I doubt they will carry it out, life without parole more likely, 

[theshu25]

About to lose a lot of weight in a thai jail.

[scubascuba3]

Death penalty would be too easy, better to leave him in Bangkok Hilton

[ezzra]

I see he's wearing a Covid face mask, by now, contracting Covid would be the least of his huge problems.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, theshu25 said:

About to lose a lot of weight in a thai jail.

Why?  There's plenty of non-slimming food available in Thai jails, through visitors and the prison shops.

[scubascuba3]

19 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why?  There's plenty of non-slimming food available in Thai jails, through visitors and the prison shops.

whenever you see prisoners they look thin, malnourished 

[Liverpool Lou]

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

21 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why?  There's plenty of non-slimming food available in Thai jails, through visitors and the prison shops.

whenever you see prisoners they look thin, malnourished 

Selective photography from those with an agenda, perhaps?  Doesn't alter the fact that "proper" food is available.  

[scubascuba3]

Just now, Liverpool Lou said:

Selective photography from those with an agenda, perhaps?  Doesn't alter the fact that "proper" food is available.  

i doubt the western diet will be available which means automatic weight loss

[Liverpool Lou]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Selective photography from those with an agenda, perhaps?  Doesn't alter the fact that "proper" food is available.  

i doubt the western diet will be available which means automatic weight loss

My experience tells me that it will be if he has a few baht on his prison account to spend in the shop or to order for the next day.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Got a poor diet as well.

He seems to be struggling to move well.... perhaps the result of being in hiding. But without a weapon, he must have had help to commit the crime. Also dubious publicity for  Australian MC Clubs.

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm…. Sooo  sad. Nebber mind

[Mywayboy]

We know the only kind of Bratwurst he'll get in a Thailand Jail.

[IamNoone88]

He just realised he lost his freedom. 

[spidermike007]

I have no issue with the use of the death penalty, as long as the evidence is iron clad, or there are multiple witnesses. However, it should be applied evenly. If it is applied to a foreigner, and not the locals, one could accuse the authorities of a rather xenophobic use of the law, considering how rarely it has been applied.

 

Theerasak Longji, 26, was executed by lethal injection at Bang Kwang Central Prison north of Bangkok in June of 2018. He was found guilty of murdering a 17-year-old boy in 2012, the department said. He was the seventh person to be executed by lethal injection since Thailand introduced the method in 2003 to replace execution by firing squad. Before Monday, the last people executed were two Thai drug dealers in 2009.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-prison-execution-idUSKBN1JF0G1

Edited July 15, 2023 by spidermike007

[Bepah umayun]

So he didn't try to leave the country? Is that well premeditated ?

[Kaopad999]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Authorities in Thailand have officially charged a man with premeditated murder in connection to the gruesome killing of Hans Peter Walter Mack, a 62 year old German property broker residing in Chon Buri, significantly intensifying the legal implications for the prime suspect.

 

Yesterday, Deputy National Police Chief, Surachate Hakparn, listed German national Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann, 52, as the primary individual implicated among four individuals apprehended on suspicion of murdering Mack.

 

The sentencing outcry for the crime has now taken a stark turn as authorities initially listed only a general murder charge, which carries life signage as punishment.

 

“Brinkmann has now been charged with premeditated murder, which is punishable by death,” Surachate stated with absolute clarity.

The other three accused, Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Nicole Frevel, 52, and Shahrukh Karim Uddin, 27, continue denying involvement in the horrific crime.

 

by Mitch Connor

Image courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/german-expat-in-thailand-faces-death-penalty-for-premeditated-murder

 

-- © Copyright Thaiger 2023-07-15

 

- 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.

 

 

Good job officers!  Should have shot him there on the spot!
Can't believe he thought he'd be able to hide in that  little hole with that big fat visable body of his. . 

[sammieuk1]

Suggest death by chainsaw but will need 26 pieces in his case ????

 

[Dionigi]

If the mafia all walked around in black shirts and white ties and made sure that no one who wasn't a member was allowed to wear a black shirt and white tie I'm sure that immigration could soon track down the mafia members and take away their visas. Locals wearing said uniform would become persons of interest.

[Guderian]

A few years on a diet of brown rice and water will do him the world of good, he'll lose that beer belly for sure.

[mfd101]

6 minutes ago, Bepah umayun said:

So he didn't try to leave the country? Is that well premeditated ?

Nasty + stupid

[Rachel2023]

7 minutes ago, Bepah umayun said:

So he didn't try to leave the country? Is that well premeditated ?

This is even more stupid as he is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olaf-thorsten-brinkmann-2659401a4/

If he had wanted to kill him, he should have invited him to his base in Phnom Penh and done all the butchery there!

In Cambodia, the police only cares when the victim is a local, but when a foreigner hurts another foreigner, the police does not even move...

[kcpattaya]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The other three accused, Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Nicole Frevel, 52, and Shahrukh Karim Uddin, 27, continue denying involvement in the horrific crime.

They ALL should be locked up for life.

[kwan]

He who lives by the saw shall die . . . er somthing like that !

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I doubt they will carry it out, life without parole more likely, 

Death penalty still imposed but executions suspended since long.

Interrupted by one single case in June 2018.

Quite randomly picked young robber and murderer (over an iPhone!).

[Andrew65]

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I doubt they will carry it out, life without parole more likely, 

I don't think Thailand ever executed a Farang. Also I think they have a moratorium on the death penalty anyway. 

[Rachel2023]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The other three accused, Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Nicole Frevel, 52, and Shahrukh Karim Uddin, 27, continue denying involvement in the horrific crime.

Either guilty or not: this is why I avoid any contact with any foreigner here - except Burmese -, although being one myself.

Too many expats, especially Westerners or assimilated as such - like my fellow citizens in Phuket not long ago - are extreme troublemakers! Just be in contact with them, and you land for sure at the police station as soon as the first even tiniest problem occurs!

[Smokey and the Bandit]

3 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann does not look like a nice person....

Yes and apparently he was the best of friends with the deceased, Hans Peter Walter Mack? WAS being the operative word here!