Supreme Court rejects appeal by female teenager in fatal van fall from the expressway

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

In fact to give proper professional legal advice to their clients (the victims families) they should have already some time back raised the lack of appeal by the public prosecutors for investigation.

I would imagine, the question was, who wants to go after a connected Army family with a hi-so name in today's environment?

Apparently, no one -- except for the families who lost their sons and daughters in the crash.

[metisdead]

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[baboon]

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[MZurf]

No matter what the very unclear OP says or not, I can guarantee you that nobody with the name Na Ayudhya is ever going to spend one second behind bars!!

To stay within forum rules, I suggest you google the name.

They belong to the protected species..........................

Probably correct but begs the question: why was she driving a Honda Civic? ( not that it's of any significance for the poor buggers who were killed through her negligence)

Slummin' it?

[Thaddeus]

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From all of us at Thaivisa, give yourself a round of applause, you (BLEEP)...

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[baboon]

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[Langsuan Man]

Suspended jail term in line with global practice: judge

Opas Boonlom
The Nation May 13, 2015 1:00 am

THE criminal punishment meted out to a young woman whose driving on a Bangkok tollway resulted in nine deaths in 2010 - when she was underage - followed international practice, Supreme Court judge Sri-amporn Salikupt said yesterday.

"She was a minor at the time of the accident. For juveniles, courts focus on rehabilitation, not incarceration," she said.

Some people have questioned her punishment this week when it becomes final that she should receive a suspended jail term, plus an order to perform community service and a temporary driving ban.

One victim's family said they felt the driver - now 21 - showed no remorse for the misery and pain that she caused.

The sentence became final on Monday when the Supreme Court upheld the earlier verdict and threw out an appeal by the defendant.

Sri-amporn, who was not involved in the case, said that according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a jail term would be the last option for penalising juvenile convicts.

"Besides, this was an accident, not a murder," she said.

The defendant could also be liable to monetary claims. "Being a minor does not affect civil proceedings. Compensation is based on actual damages," she said.

source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Suspended-jail-term-in-line-with-global-practice-j-30259951.html

[NongKhaiKid]

Since when did the Thai legal ' system ', application and so called justice conform to anything other than its own ' norms '.

[lildragon]

If some 17 year old kid from a poor/middle of the way family caused this I'd bet the farm that he/she would be in jail with no end in site.

Her age does not excuse the pathetic sentence given and total lack of apology or compensation for what she did.

Pulling out the minor card....

[Si Thea01]

Many things are cheap in Thailand, now we can add to that list the life of a human, 9 in this case but then if one looks back over time, no matter where, life is always looked upon cheaply. So for the death of 9 she receives 3 years in prison, reduced by a third to 2 years, for what? She then gets 4 years probation, mandated to 3 years behaviour control, 48 hours of working to caring road accident patients, and has to report to the authorities every three months. Not happy with this lenient treatment she goes to the Appeal's Court and gets two years inside but commuted to 4 years probation, banned from driving until she turns 25, and then, it appears, has to do 48 hours of charity work for one year. Is this 48 hours a week over one year or 48 hours in total over one year. Very poor reporting.

So, again, not being a happy person, she appeals this finding. Who in the hell does she think she is, obviously one who, together with her parents, think she's above the law. I know that one is entitled to appeal but obviously her parents have too much money and not enough brains to understand how leniently she was initially treated. And it couldn't be proven that she was on the phone? What garbage, why didn't anyone check her phone records and match the data to the time and date of the crash. This is a tool that police forces, world wide, now use on a regular basis to catch out those people who have a tendencies to abuse the truth. They only have to have the evidence, confront her with it and I am sure she would confess.

Maybe a little extra work was too much to ask for. Being an ex-cop, I believe, that cops, anywhere not only here, if they do a good job, then they should receive credit but in this case, what an absolute joke. I won't say it out loud it but who knows who and what else occurred? There's no doubt, after reading this and numerous other matters, that a major shakeup is long overdue, not only within the police but also the judiciary. And no, I am not Thai bashing, but if it's as reported, then the failure of police to carry out a thorough investigation could almost amount to criminal negligence, and these investigators have the hide to call themselves police.

[Thaddeus]

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From all of us at Thaivisa, give yourself a round of applause, you (BLEEP)...

Why? for posting images of things that everyone should avoid.

The miscreant, not Ratcatcher..

Aha, understood now, apologies.

[arthurwait]

So the 7500 Baht fine for killing the round the world cyclist. The truck driver was hi-so ?

[MZurf]

So the 7500 Baht fine for killing the round the world cyclist. The truck driver was hi-so ?

No, he is Thai and the victim was a foreigner....duh!!

[Richard W]

Na Ayudhya is NOT a family, it's a title.

Of course it's a clan - basically the male line descendants of Rama I. There are about 131 surnames (old source, so perhaps one or two have died out since), and I would expect there are now at least a thousand males in each generation. However, 'na Ayudhaya' is for members many generations removed from the throne.

[meltingpot2015]

No matter what the very unclear OP says or not, I can guarantee you that nobody with the name Na Ayudhya is ever going to spend one second behind bars!!

To stay within forum rules, I suggest you google the name.

They belong to the protected species..........................

Probably correct but begs the question: why was she driving a Honda Civic? ( not that it's of any significance for the poor buggers who were killed through her negligence)

Slummin' it?

Maybe she was aiming to be Inconspicuous.

[Porkster]

Wow! 2 years!

That's a long sentence for killing people with a car isn't it!

They usually just get a slap on the wrist and a 1 or 2 thousand baht fine...

But honestly, who's going to stop her getting back behind the wheel before she's 25??

[Porkster]

And something that's always puzzled me...

Thai police are so stupid it hurts to think about it...

Imagine how rich they'd be if they actually did their job!

Is it stupid or just sheer bone idleness

[Jay Sata]

It was the same with Chalerms son killing the guy in the nightclub.

Walked free and whats more now a policeman!

[Asiantravel]

What kind of justice system is it where Australian journalist Alan Morison faces a possible seven-year jail sentence for defamation while a person involved in the death of nine people gets probation?

[Jay Sata]

What kind of justice system is it where Australian journalist Alan Morison faces a possible seven-year jail sentence for defamation while a person involved in the death of nine people gets probation?

And for telling the truth about the navy condeming the Rhohinga to a watery grave.

What other country in the world has a navy that can sue for defamation?

Or a legal system that makes defamation a criminal offence?

The Red Bull heir and the Mercedes bus stop killer...we have seen it all before.

Money talks and the poor go to prison.

[Langsuan Man]

It was the same with Chalerms son killing the guy in the nightclub.

Walked free and whats more now a policeman!

In charge of fire arms training for the RTP, how's that for irony !

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Wow! 2 years!

That's a long sentence for killing people with a car isn't it!

You may want to re-read the OP articles...

Her jail sentence was suspended, meaning she has served/will serve no time at all.

Just probation, community service, a supposed driving restriction -- and exposure to civil litigation from the victims' families.

[kaorop]

Hope the civil cases have a more appropriate outcome

I shouldnt read these horror stories, just makes me want to get the hell out of this looney bin country and angers me at my stupidity of moving here in the first place.

[Porkster]

Wow! 2 years!

That's a long sentence for killing people with a car isn't it!

You may want to re-read the OP articles...

Her jail sentence was suspended, meaning she has served/will serve no time at all.

Just probation, community service, a supposed driving restriction -- and exposure to civil litigation from the victims' families.

I did read the whole article... I thought it was obvious I was referring to her original sentence...

You may want to read the post I made afterwards referring to her driving ban that won't be getting imposed...

[NongKhaiKid]

After the accident he first thing her mother said she hoped no one would jump to the conclusion of special treatment because of the family name and then ... ?