Foreign Suspect Sentenced to 1,073 Years Imprisonment Over Patong Child Sexual Exploitation

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Patong – A foreign suspect who was allegedly involved in soliciting underage prostitutes during a bar raid on Bangla Road in Patong last year was sentenced to 1,073 Years Imprisonment.

 

On Friday (July 19th) the Phuket Provincial Court sentenced seven suspects which were both Thais and foreigners (The exact numbers of Thais and foreigners were not revealed.

 

However, the fourth defendant who is the prime suspect which is a foreigner was sentenced in total to 1,073 years of imprisonment for the charges.)

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: The Phuket Express 2024-07-20

 

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[G_Money]

Bad boys, what you gonna do now!

[0ffshore360]

If still a suspect I wonder what the sentence will be as when convicted?

[edwinchester]

Good news for him is that it was reduced by half due to his confession.

[watchcat]

I though that 20 years or death penalty was the limit?

[smedly]

if guilty then good riddance 

[ChipButty]

I dont get that, "Foreign Suspect" should it not be "Convicted Foreigner" ? anyway why not name the nonce? 

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, watchcat said:

I though that 20 years or death penalty was the limit?

Unless they have given him Consecutive sentences 1073/20 that's 53.65 offences. God knows what the 0.65 offence was....... 

[brianthainess]

3 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Good news for him is that it was reduced by half due to his confession.

He continues Vehemently to deny the accusations in the courts in past, he apparently has not confessed. He could be out on bail for all we know. 

Edited July 20 by brianthainess

[Will B Good]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A foreign suspect who was allegedly involved

 

Hopefully no longer 'allegedly'.......... having picked up a sentence like that

[Nickcage49]

Why don't they just cut his gonads off?

[spidermike007]

Though I think this is a terrible crime, the sentence seems to be over the top to a ridiculous degree. The real question is why aren't they arresting and sentencing government and army officials and other big wigs who are involved in human trafficking and the promotion of underage sex and sentencing those creeps? Above the law, are they? 

[thaipo7]

5 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Good news for him is that it was reduced by half due to his confession.

LOL   He is lucky

[soalbundy]

That's his visa sorted

[yang123]

"The name of the suspect was not released to the media, nor their nationality".

(Phuket Express) as linked above.

 

Why?

[FruitPudding]

38 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Though I think this is a terrible crime, the sentence seems to be over the top to a ridiculous degree. The real question is why aren't they arresting and sentencing government and army officials and other big wigs who are involved in human trafficking and the promotion of underage sex and sentencing those creeps? Above the law, are they? 

 

Exactly.

 

And the countless bars offering underage to Thais all over the country. They must be above the law.

 

 

[hotchilli]

57 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

Why don't they just cut his gonads off?

Better to wait and let his cellmate do that.

[FruitPudding]

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Better to wait and let his cellmate do that.

 

He'll probably be in jail with Thais 

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, 0ffshore360 said:

If still a suspect I wonder what the sentence will be as when convicted?

Wonder no more...

"the fourth defendant who is the prime suspect which is a foreigner was sentenced in total to 1,073 years of imprisonment for the charges".

[Liverpool Lou]

45 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

 

He'll probably be in jail with Thais 

Probably?  What other options do you think there are...foreigner-only prisons?

[0ffshore360]

5 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Wonder no more...

"the fourth defendant who is the prime suspect which is a foreigner was sentenced in total to 1,073 years of imprisonment for the charges".

I will be a fellow pedant and suggest that the "suspect" has been convicted and sentenced therefore is no longer a suspect?

Or has he been wrongfully convicted?

Edited July 20 by 0ffshore360
Furtherance

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

He could be out on bail for all we know. 

Considering that he couldn't get bail before the conviction, that is extremely doubtful.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:

I will be a fellow pedant and suggest that the "suspect" has been convicted and sentenced therefore is no longer a suspect?

Notwithstanding your original comment, there is nothing pedantic about that now, it is a perfectly rational understanding of the OP.

Edited July 20 by Liverpool Lou

[Ben Zioner]

"The defendant has continued to deny the accusations and has vehemently fought in courts in the past." One has to know that to deny accusations is a major crime in Thailand.

 

So it is in Japan, which explains why my friend Carlos had to flee to Lebanon.

[BritScot]

If I remember right this guy was in a bar that was raided that had underage girls. Be careful out there! Remember ask all staff and people in the bar for their id's before ordering a drink!!! Before throwing stones remember that underage in thailand is under 19 years old. Sentence seems ridiculous when murder gets 12 years! He wasn't caught in a sting, no nonce on his computer. So again be very careful out there. 

[OneMoreFarang]

But then, we read from time to time about (Thai) rapists who did it again, after they were in prison and then released.

They all should be for a long time in prison - or executed.

[OneMoreFarang]

29 minutes ago, BritScot said:

If I remember right this guy was in a bar that was raided that had underage girls. Be careful out there! Remember ask all staff and people in the bar for their id's before ordering a drink!!! Before throwing stones remember that underage in thailand is under 19 years old. Sentence seems ridiculous when murder gets 12 years! He wasn't caught in a sting, no nonce on his computer. So again be very careful out there. 

 

I saw often enough girls returning to the bar where they used to work, together with their children of any age. Sometimes only in the afternoon, sometimes in the middle of the night. I guess often it is only to show they others the happy family. But it doesn't change the fact that young children are in the bars.

 

It seems often the rules are ignored.

[NowNow]

50 minutes ago, BritScot said:

If I remember right this guy was in a bar that was raided that had underage girls. Be careful out there! Remember ask all staff and people in the bar for their id's before ordering a drink!!! Before throwing stones remember that underage in thailand is under 19 years old. Sentence seems ridiculous when murder gets 12 years! He wasn't caught in a sting, no nonce on his computer. So again be very careful out there. 

 

 

I don't think that he would get 1,073 year prison sentence for being in a bar when it was raided. So likely you remember incorrectly.

Likely this is the one some claimed to be the owner of the bar and even though the procurer of the girls is a Thai woman, they have laid the blame solely on him. Just an 'educated' guess. Big Jok stated that the bar was part of a larger network of bars in Bangkok and Pattaya. I guess the foreigner is denying ownership and that his name isn't being released as there are deals to be done. No inside knowledge, just simply from actually bothering to read what has been written.

[harryviking]

11 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Good news for him is that it was reduced by half due to his confession.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 What a relief for him!!

[rumeaug]

ok, a 1 000 years condemnation. And then what about this english teacher (luke rockwell), who went with a 16 yo (underage in Thailand), gave her STD and was arrested? he got out on bail for 100k and then, no one knows...