Swiss man in Phuket acquitted of assaulting doctor

[andygrr]

14 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, that does not show any contact at all, visually, so accusations of deliberate, or accidental, contact would just be conjecture.

I agree you can't see any contact and if she was kicked / assaulted she showed no signs of it when they got up and moved. If she had been kicked I would have expected to see some sort of reaction like grabbing her back in pain or at least turning or jumping at the time or the assault but no they just got up and walked away in the video.

[Freddy42OZ]

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

As I recall, his private garden was actually public land.

 

 

 

The Steps at the end of the garden were deemed to have been illegally built on public land.  

However, as he didn't build the steps, merely rented the property with them, it's logical to assume he had no idea the steps were illegal.

[brianthainess]

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Wasn’t there a video ? (His video) ? 

No there is no video, not even just before your post, it all just a dream...........................

[4MyEgo]

14 hours ago, Cameroni said:

You can't really see it from the video.

 

 

 

Slipped my rear end, you could hear the kick, and what an abusive mouth.

 

No doubt in my mind money changed hands with the officials.

[RandolphGB]

14 hours ago, Cameroni said:

You can't really see it from the video.

 

 

 

She doesn't react like someone who has been kicked.

 

Normally someone would touch or hold the place they were struck. They might walk with a limp or have some impediment or a reaction of shock at least. 

 

Let's face it, Thai women, whatever their social standing, are not known for telling the truth. In fact, they're some of the world's best liars.

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

So what about the other charges against this oaf, I thought he had a gun possession charge, even though it was registered in his wife's name, (she sounds like a piece of sh*t too) and the vid of him, before that an ambulance driver uploaded of him, blocking his ambulance, and giving him the finger ???

[brianthainess]

IMO, He is just another parasite living on foundation aka charity money where a lot of it comes from overseas donations, ( I wonder how the Swiss donators feel about this.) in luxury accommodation like so many here do.  Will they still send him money to support his rich life style ?

[mikebell]

15 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

This guy has received a very soft response from Thailand's judiciary process. 

Ask yourself why this wealthy business man in an illegal mansion is found not guilty by a Thai court.

[ryandb]

he's probably used some of that money his "charitable" endeavor raises to fund a massive villa on a beach to make this part go away... I'd like to see them go after this now the Thai woman has likely been paid off.

 

Weren't there illegal firearms charges too?

[ryandb]

2 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

IMO, He is just another parasite living on foundation aka charity money where a lot of it comes from overseas donations, ( I wonder how the Swiss donators feel about this.) in luxury accommodation like so many here do.  Will they still send him money to support his rich life style ?

 

It's <deleted> disgusting how many of the faux charities there are over here, I won't name the one I had an experience with, but I paid for a stray cat to have a weeks treatment at a hospital for feline panleukopenia (20k, he said why didn't you donate to us and we'd do the treatment when they didn't even answer the phone on the day) and the cat needed a months quarantine on release, arranged this with the charity and made a 5k donation to them, 3 days later the cat was walking up my staircase to the balcony and I ended up doing the quarantine myself to make sure it didn't infect other strays in the area

[Thingamabob]

12 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

A sensible, balanced and just verdict from the Thai court. 

 

Well done to the judge for not letting the media circus surrounding this case pressure the court into an unjust decision.

 

Even more welcome as it will rile up the clowns on here that thought he should be hung, drawn and quartered for his alleged crimes.

If he had treated my wife or daughter in the way that can be seen on the video I would be far from happy with this acquittal. The guy is clearly a thug. Not somebody I would want to know, unlike many on here who apparently condone his disgusting behaviour.

[movsrusnj]

This cost him a lot of money. His Thai lawyers likely treated him like a party boy and extracted as much as they could before passing him on to the next legal vulture. If he didn't pay off the family, imagine the number of fat brown envelopes that got passed around once it ended up in court. 

 

 

[MarcelV]

Mr. Fehr is likely to be dead broke now, after dishing out a lot of brown envelopes. Not exactly living the dream, innit?

[Thingamabob]

49 minutes ago, RandolphGB said:

 

She doesn't react like someone who has been kicked.

 

Normally someone would touch or hold the place they were struck. They might walk with a limp or have some impediment or a reaction of shock at least. 

 

Let's face it, Thai women, whatever their social standing, are not known for telling the truth. In fact, they're some of the world's best liars.

 

 

 

 

A sad and pathetic comment. 

[happysoul]

Good news. Whatever means were used to get acquitted, it's good it doesn't create a case law (in case he would have been charged, sentenced, deported...). For all expats living here it's a good thing as if he would have been charged, we would have had to fear each time you hurt a Local. I'm not saying what he did is any good or that it's good to hurt/hit a local, but I was quite scared of it creating a case law.

 

I have those videos in mind of Chinese jumping on/under cars or other busses etc for getting compensation for being run over (google chinese throwing porcelain or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v11FIrJi720). Even that the roads are dangerous here, happy not to see people on the side of the road waiting for some wealthy driver to jump under the car.

 

It's always better to speak rather than hit in all cases but if you lose it, it sounds kind of crazy to lose you whole life just for a punch or kick.

 

There were my 2 cents, have a great coffee

[brianthainess]

40 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Ask yourself why this wealthy business man in an illegal mansion is found not guilty by a Thai court.

What illigal mansion ? he was renting a pool villa from a resort, the only thing illegal were the steps built on the beach.

[renaissanc]

1.  The video doesn't prove that he kicked her deliberately. A court could not convict him on the basis of the doctor's accusation.

 

2.  The man was horrendously rude. I was shocked. But ignorant behaviour is not a crime.

 

3.  The doctor and her friend were wrong to go and sit at the top of the steps on what was clearly on the house owner's land. They could have sat on the wooden platform below. Then this incident would not have happened.

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

As I recall, his private garden was actually public land.

 

I thought it belonged to the resort.

[ronster]

5 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

What illigal mansion ? he was renting a pool villa from a resort, the only thing illegal were the steps built on the beach.

I'm sure the villa was owned by a cop friend of the wife .

[ryandb]

2 minutes ago, ronster said:

I'm sure the villa was owned by a cop friend of the wife .

didn't know that part but isn't her son a cop or that was claimed by the Swiss dude

[ujayujay]

 Not for lack of evidence, but money talks???

Wrong judgment! A country doesn't need to accept such disrespectful foreigners, he seems to be an absolute a...hole. As an expat, I feel like I've been screwed over by this legal ruling, because this guy is putting us expats in a bad light!

Edited September 4 by ujayujay

[cyrus9]

Monet talks, Swiss man walks

[brianthainess]

48 minutes ago, movsrusnj said:

This cost him a lot of money. His Thai lawyers likely treated him like a party boy and extracted as much as they could before passing him on to the next legal vulture. If he didn't pay off the family, imagine the number of fat brown envelopes that got passed around once it ended up in court. 

 

 

IMO Probably cost his charity not him. They need to do another audit on 'his' charity.

Edited September 4 by brianthainess

[Taboo2]

Well, this is not a surprise.  Been here long enough to know that money talks....I am drinking a "Red Bull" today to toast this "victory" by an awful human being.  

[Taboo2]

7 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

 

 

No,

 

but the court could certainly have been ' compensated '

Of course they were.  Too much money involved in those properties....

[Taboo2]

5 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Cash goes a long way in making things disappear

Red Bull comes to mind.

[proton]

Any reaction from the allegedly assaulted Dr, or is she quite happy with the verdict, all of a sudden?

[wealthychef]

Wait, this whole time there was no evidence of any crime?  Were there no witnesses?  Is it just a "he said, she said?"  Interesting and it feels like a very wrong ruling in my gut.  But I am fed news articles to enrage me, not to inform me... 

[crazykopite]

Brown envelope comes to mind 

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

16 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

As the Bangkok Post reports it is called giving him the benefit of the doubt - didn't he claim that the contact was accidental after he slipped while approaching her and that it was not a deliberate kick?  

along with the accidental verbal abuse from him and the threats from his wife

So you think that the case against him was about a few expletives and "threats" from his wife to someone who was thought to be a trespasser?  Seriously?  He was rude and she was verbally aggressive...so what?