Accident Brit Now Faces 10yrs in Jail After Pattaya Crash Death

[Georgealbert]

 

Pictures courtesy of The Sun.

 

The 22-year-old British tourist accused of killing a woman while attempting a motorbike stunt in Pattaya could now face up to 10 years in prison after the victim died in hospital.

 

Brandon Mills, from Doncaster, was riding a rented scooter on the night of 14 August when he allegedly tried to perform a wheelie but lost control, slamming into 49-year-old mother-of-two, Jurairat Petchraksa, as she left a local bar on her Honda motorcycle.

 

Jurairat was found by emergency services lying in a pool of blood and rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Despite days of treatment, she succumbed to her injuries.

 

Mills was initially charged with reckless driving causing serious injury, an offence carrying up to three years in prison, but police confirmed the charge has now been upgraded to reckless driving causing death, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in jail and a fine of up to 200,000 baht.

 

Police Lieutenant Colonel Itthiporn said:

 

“The suspect was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but he admitted causing the accident. More evidence and witness statements are being collected, and we are awaiting a full forensic report into the cause of death. He will not be allowed to leave Thailand.”

 

Mills, who was reportedly beaten by angry onlookers in the aftermath of the crash, has been released from custody but has now had his passport confiscated. He has also made a compensation payment of 30,000 baht to the victim’s family towards medical costs.

 

Tributes have since poured in for Jurairat, described by friends as “everyone’s angel”. One mourner said:

 

Questions remain over Mills’ identity, after some local media referred to him as Brandon James Holmes. UK reports suggest he is the same man convicted in Sheffield in 2022 for dealing heroin and crack cocaine, when he received a suspended custodial sentence.

 

Police are expected to submit their findings to prosecutors once the hospital’s forensic report is complete. There are local rumours that he has already fled illegally across the border into a neighbouring country, but Authorities have not confirmed this. 

 

Related articles:

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1370054-woman-dies-after-brit’s-stunt-crash-in-pattaya/

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1369779-british-rider-wheelies-into-woman-prompting-vigilante-attack/

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from The Sun 2025-08-20

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gottfrid]

Hopefully he will get 10 years!

[angryguy]

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

There are local rumours that he has already fled illegally across the border into a neighbouring country

If true then theres no chance theyre getting him

[NickyLouie]

32 minutes ago, angryguy said:

If true then theres no chance theyre getting him

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has been released from custody but has now had his passport confiscated

 

 

really > no passport where is he going ?

 

 

[Stuck in Thailand]

12 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

 

really > no passport where is he going ?

 

 

 

You kick first and ask questions later. Of course he has fled the country, he's a scumbag coward with zero morals. Shame on the Thai courts for releasing this pond life. Hope he dies a slow death at some point.

[fredwiggy]

16 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

 

really > no passport where is he going ?

 

 

Pretty much guaranteed he would flee across a border and never be seen again, especially here, seeing it could have been a 10 year sentence.