Lee 'Pitbull' Aldhouse fails to appeal sentence for Phuket murder

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Pitbull fails to appeal sentence for Phuket murder
Prapaporn Jitmaneeyaphan


Lee Aldhouse: Now in Nakhon Sri Thammarat Prison.

PHUKET: -- The deadline for Lee “Pitbull” Aldhouse to file an appeal against his 25-year sentence for the murder of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow passed at 4:30 pm yesterday without him doing so.

An official of Phuket Provincial Court, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Phuket News, “The court has no record of an appeal. His deadline for appeal should have been December 28, but that was a Saturday, and after that there were [New Year] public holidays, so yesterday was the first working day.”

The Phuket News has also learned that Aldhouse, sentenced on November 28, was moved two weeks ago to the “Big House” – a larger prison in Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

It is normal practice for convicts sentenced to long periods of incarceration for serious crimes to be moved out of Phuket to larger, more secure prisons.

Aldhouse had by all accounts been keeping his nose clean in the Phuket Provincial Prison. But that prison, though badly overcrowded, has gained a reputation for being “white” – in recent searches neither drugs nor mobile phones have been found.

Not so Nakhon Sri Thammarat, where searches regularly turn up large amounts of drugs and dozens of phones, and where guards have often been found to have become unusually rich – one was discovered recently to have bought 200 rai of rubber plantation, and another to have bought a new Toyota Fortuner.

There is also violence. In May this year, the Bangkok Post reported, there was a riot when five inmates tried to break out.

Drugs are big. Arrests of small drug dealers in Phuket have sometimes pointed to a shadowy figure at the top of the drug dealing network in Southern Thailand who runs things from inside Nakhon Sri Thammarat Prison.

Manoon Chanachai, a registrar of the Nakhon Si Thammarat prison told The Phuket News today that Aldhouse was likely to remain there unless a court orders his transfer or the Department of Corrections decides to move him to another prison.

In the past, many foreigners convicted of murder in Phuket have ended up in the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” – Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok – designed in the 1930s to hold 3,500 inmates, but now holding more than 8,000 prisoners.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/pitbull-fails-to-appeal-sentence-for-phuket-murder-43805.php


-- Phuket News 2014-01-03

[LivinginKata]

Hope he is enjoying (not) his new home ....

[FireMedic]

I thought all murderers and drug traffickers had to go to Bang Kwang...guess there's no room being 2x over occupied.

[eezergood]

A deal has been done here, spend token time in Thai jail then off to blighty!

[siampolee]

With any good luck his non appearance was due to his addiction to , ''Breathing'' being cured.

[KarenBravo]

If you appeal, there is a risk that not only will the appeal be turned down, but, the original sentence will be lengthened.

[Chao Lao Beach]

Quote from article: "another to have bought a new Toyota Fortuner."

Image the scandal if a prison guard at Phuket prison owns a Fortuner, does this mean that Phuket guards are corrupt too?

[somchaismith]

Good luck with picking up the soap mate.

[falangadang]

Quote from article: "another to have bought a new Toyota Fortuner."

Image the scandal if a prison guard at Phuket prison owns a Fortuner, does this mean that Phuket guards are corrupt too?

...and if he'd become a politician it would have been a new Mercedes (make that two or three,... one for the wife and/or mia noi!)

[Loles]

Only look at this face ....

[Costas2008]

somchaismith, on 03 Jan 2014 - 16:46, said:

Good luck with picking up the soap mate.

That's why he didn't appeal.....he is enjoying himself

[Rosco911]

At least the conviction will have brought some justice to Dashawn's family.

[IAMSOBAD]

Doesn't bring back the poor dead marine.

Rot in hellllllll coward.

[ronrat]

Should change his nick to Pitiful. Not that he deserves anything.

[Ulic]

Hopefully he spends some time reflecting on the error of his ways and the poor choices he has made in life.

Not sure what opportunities he will have to improve himself while in jail but I hope he makes the best of them.

[tragickingdom]

It is a matter of calculating and risk taking. As long as he is appealing a sentence he would not qualify for a reduction in the sentence.Sentences are reduced regularly for instance on a Royal occasion. On top of that he is probably counting on the fact that he would never spend more than 8 years in a Thai prison cell either and if a major event was supposed to happen his sentenced could easily be slashed in half or in a third. With all other reductions he could be home in 6 years.

[Jerry Cornelius]

Hopefully he spends some time reflecting on the error of his ways and the poor choices he has made in life.

Not sure what opportunities he will have to improve himself while in jail but I hope he makes the best of them.

I hope he gets cancer and really suffers. A worthy fate for all sub-humans.

Jerry

[lucjoker]

this is a fighter

full of testosterone

he wants to show his power

he will be in the ultimate cage fight

his wish comes true

for the rest of his live,he must be very happy.

So leave the man alone ,he's off the streets,

not our business anymore.

[Maggusoil]

this is a fighter

full of testosterone

he wants to show his power

he will be in the ultimate cage fight

his wish comes true

for the rest of his live,he must be very happy.

So leave the man alone ,he's off the streets,

not our business anymore.

Speak for yourself.

This IS the business of everyone on the outside, who live their lives on the outside without causing harm to others.

It should be the business of the public in both England where this animal got his training and Thailand where he has committed his crimes, the family of the deceased and all Americans, and the judicial system in Thailand that he remains out of "our" harms way for as long as possible.

Preferably forever.

Interred, isolated, and finitely imprisoned on some island, like Australia's Christmas Island, from which he could not escape and would be better used than to house hapless refugees.

Real sentences like that ensure our safety and may, maybe force the animals to "think" before acting out their violent fantasies and wreck other people's lives.

[Briggsy]

Every story written in English that touches on incarceration in Thailand has to include the words, "the notorious Bangkok Hilton". This is even though the journalist either does not know or fails to differentiate between Bangkok's prisons thus demonstrating they don't know what they are on about.

[GeorgeO]

Every story written in English that touches on incarceration in Thailand has to include the words, "the notorious Bangkok Hilton". This is even though the journalist either does not know or fails to differentiate between Bangkok's prisons thus demonstrating they don't know what they are on about.

That's as may be, but over recent years, the term "Bangkok Hilton" has clearly become a metaphor for any Thai prison, so one cannot say whether the 'journalist' is ignorant of the subject, or simply going along with the modern use of the metaphor...

[Briggsy]

Every story written in English that touches on incarceration in Thailand has to include the words, "the notorious Bangkok Hilton". This is even though the journalist either does not know or fails to differentiate between Bangkok's prisons thus demonstrating they don't know what they are on about.

That's as may be, but over recent years, the term "Bangkok Hilton" has clearly become a metaphor for any Thai prison, so one cannot say whether the 'journalist' is ignorant of the subject, or simply going along with the modern use of the metaphor...

Very valid point and articulately put.

However, the article in question is clearly using the phrase to refer to a Bangkok prison so for me, this particular usage simply highlights the writer's ignorance and comes across as a cheap, cliched, throwaway line.

[maximillian]

Hope that dog will never again walk in freedom. He is too dangerous to let him loose of the chain.

[andreandre]

Every story written in English that touches on incarceration in Thailand has to include the words, "the notorious Bangkok Hilton". This is even though the journalist either does not know or fails to differentiate between Bangkok's prisons thus demonstrating they don't know what they are on about.

Yes, but the journalist does differentiate which Bangkok prison is being referred to;

In the past, many foreigners convicted of murder in Phuket have ended up in the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” – Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok

And AFAIK, GeorgeO it is only the Bang Kwang Prison that is referred to as ''Bangkok Hilton"....

[SteveB2]

Every story written in English that touches on incarceration in Thailand has to include the words, "the notorious Bangkok Hilton". This is even though the journalist either does not know or fails to differentiate between Bangkok's prisons thus demonstrating they don't know what they are on about.

Yes, but the journalist does differentiate which Bangkok prison is being referred to;

In the past, many foreigners convicted of murder in Phuket have ended up in the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” – Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok

And AFAIK, GeorgeO it is only the Bang Kwang Prison that is referred to as ''Bangkok Hilton"....

Nope - not AFAIK.

Bang Kwang Central Prison (Thai: บางขวาง) is 'The Big Tiger'

Klong Prem Central prison (Thai: คลองเปรม) is 'The Bangkok Hilton'

Sometime ago, I was visited a friend in the Bangkok Hilton. The huge 'odd job' tatooed mafia taxi driver who took me up there proferred...

" I would not like to spend even one day there, let alone one night"

[Briggsy]

The Big Tiger <deleted>, it never ends.

[Emster23]

Hilton should sue for defamation. Hope he never checks out, btw

[Mudcrab]

It is a matter of calculating and risk taking. As long as he is appealing a sentence he would not qualify for a reduction in the sentence.Sentences are reduced regularly for instance on a Royal occasion. On top of that he is probably counting on the fact that he would never spend more than 8 years in a Thai prison cell either and if a major event was supposed to happen his sentenced could easily be slashed in half or in a third. With all other reductions he could be home in 6 years.

and a warm welcome to ,by this time, another psychopathic nutcase, for the British government to deal with. Interesting to see whether the British view of rehabilitation or the Thai view of punishment will be superior. Which will deal justice or which will deal a lasting result?

Edited January 3, 2014 by Mudcrab

[dslocum]

How could you possibly appeal when the Thai authorities have you bound and gagged, and stuck you in a solitary cell? :-)

Seriously, this guy needs to suffer if he really IS guilty (not that I'm debating his sentence)... But if he's not truly guilty, may God / Buddha have mercy. We are only human.

Edited January 3, 2014 by dslocum

[rotary]

Every story written in English that touches on incarceration in Thailand has to include the words, "the notorious Bangkok Hilton". This is even though the journalist either does not know or fails to differentiate between Bangkok's prisons thus demonstrating they don't know what they are on about.

I miss the days when news articles left out all the adjectives. The lone gunman who robbed the bank on 5th street at 9 am this morning has turned into that dastardly villain with green hair and a pony tail, a tattoo of Hitler smoking a cigar on his forehead, that robbed the red brick financial institution at 5th street and vine intersection across from Bobs Supermarket. The event happened this morning around 9am before noon just after the light but cool rain.

Edited January 3, 2014 by rotary