Mother Of Phuket Swedish Murder Victim Sues For Bt24.5Mn As Trial Postponed

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Mother of Phuket Swedish murder victim sues for B24.5mn as trial postponed

Phuket Gazette

Swedish nationals Johan Ljung and Tommy Soderlund are marched through the crime scene during the re-enactment last year. Photo: Dean Noble

Soderlund points at the motorbike the pair allegedly stole after stabbing Mr Schantz. Photo: Dean Noble

PHUKET: -- Swedish nationals Johan Sebastian Ljung and Tommy Viktor Soderlund, who have been charged with the stabbing murder of Maksim Schantz on August 1 last year, appeared at Phuket Provincial Court on Tuesday.

However, as multiple witnesses, necessary to the case, failed to present themselves at the court, the judge reconvened the trial for 9:30am on November 2.

Aeknara Luangsanam of the Public Prosecutor's Office told the Phuket Gazette yesterday that he would be applying for subpoenas to bring in the witness for the next trial date.

In addition to witnesses not presenting themselves at the court on Tuesday, the court date was postponed to allow Mr Schantz’s mother, Yvonne Raissa Schantz, 52, more time to prepare her civil court case against the accused, Mr Aeknara said.

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,” Mr Aeknara told the Gazette.

After the adjournment until November was handed down, Ljung and Soderlund, were immediately returned to the Phuket Provincial Prison, where they are being held, until the trial concludes.

The court has charged them with premeditated murder, collaboration in robbery and carrying a knife and an unlicensed firearm with ammunition.

They have denied all charges.

However, Ljung and Soderlund on August 2 last year confessed to police that they had attacked and stabbed Russian-born, Swedish national Mr Schantz, but claimed they did not intend to kill him.

The pair were allegedly angered that Mr Schantz informed police of a scam operation they had been running out of Pattaya.

Per Kageby, Senior Consular Officer at the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok, told the Gazette in August last year that based on a prisoner-transfer agreement between Sweden and Thailand, the suspects would have the opportunity to serve out their sentences in Sweden if convicted in a Thai court.

According to the agreement, the pair would be required to serve one-third, or no more than eight years, of their sentence before having the opportunity to apply to the Swedish government for a transfer.

If the Swedish government accepts the transfer request, it would then be forwarded to the Thai government for approval, Mr Kageby said.

The case was first heard in court October 31. However, it was postponed to allow Soderlund and Ljung to find their own legal representative instead of the defense counsel provided by the Thai government.

The next court date was set for April 21, but unable to secure a Swedish translator for the trial, it was postponed again.

Mr Aeknara explained that In that time both men had learned to speak and read Thai.

“How long the case takes to finish will depend on the court,” Prosecutor Aeknara said.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle16682.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-08-16

[Semper]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

[davejones]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

How do you know they don't have money?

[KeyserSoze01]

Funny how these two are still awaiting trial while the two banditos that murdered the Ozzie travel agent have already been sorted, booked, had their day in court and are off to prison. I guess Swedes killing each other isn't that important to tourist revenue.

[Semper]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

How do you know they don't have money?

Would you steal a motorcycle if you had enough money to buy your own?

[NomadJoe]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

How do you know they don't have money?

Would you steal a motorcycle if you had enough money to buy your own?

It was a getaway vehicle that was available at the moment they needed to flee.

As I recall from the original story it wasn't the Ninja they stole (Incidentally that is my old bike I sold to Maxim a month before..didn't know him outside of that) but it was a Fino or something they jacked from a Thai after climbing through/over a wall at the end of the soi, or something like that.

[sunshine51]

I wish Yvonne Raissa Schantz...Good Luck.

[tragickingdom]

Money, money money it's so funny..... and in Thai trials witnesses from both sites do not show up so often that trial can go on for many many years. This happens especially when foreigners are involved.

[sirchai]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

How do you know they don't have money?

Would you steal a motorcycle if you had enough money to buy your own?

Called Common Sense.........

[Tanaka]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

Probably not. If they were transferred to Sweden after 8 years in a Thai prison, they would probably be set free as a Swedish court would deem them to have done their time!

[retell]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,”

What's the point? These punks have no money. They'll get the mandatory 8 years and then off to their country to seve the rest of the time in a rather luxurious Swedish prison.

after 1/3 of the time done they will beout of the swedish prison within days

[Felt 35]

Funny how these two are still awaiting trial while the two banditos that murdered the Ozzie travel agent have already been sorted, booked, had their day in court and are off to prison. I guess Swedes killing each other isn't that important to tourist revenue.

Lets hope they are sorted and not chosen!

[Keesters]

“Mrs Schantz is suing the accused for 24.5 million baht for financial compensation due to the emotional duress she has suffered from the loss of her son,” Mr Aeknara told the Gazette.

It's always about the money.....

[Buchholz]

Swedes to face Thai court over knife killing

Two Swedish men arrested in Phuket in Thailand in August 2011 for the killing of a 25-year-old man from the Gothenburg area are set to face court. The two men, who were both aged 26-years-old at the time, face charges of conspiracy to murder and possession of a handgun without a permit, as well as a string of other lesser charges, according to the local Phuket News daily.

The two men have previously confessed to the killing of their compatriot, explaining that the attack was in revenge for a business relationship which had turned sour. The men, however, deny murder, claiming that they did not intend to kill him, the newspaper reported.

The three men are reported to have been part of a call centre scam operating out of Pattaya. The 25-year-old apparently fell out with the pair and reported the scam to Pattaya police and then moved to Phuket. His former business partners tracked him to an apartment building in Koh Kaew and confronted him on the evening of August 1st 2011.

Continued:

http://www.thelocal.se/44080/20121027/

The Local - October 27, 2012