Bangkok 'Mercedes' maniac now serves jail sentence after eight years of court trials

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'Mercedes' maniac now serves jail sentence after eight years of court trials

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court today reversed the ruling of the Appeals Court's two-year suspended jail term handed down on an alleged teenaged road-rage killer after finding his offences were serious that should not deserve prison suspension on probation.

The alleged road-rage killer Kanpitak Patchimsawas, then 25 years old, is the son of a former Thai beauty queen and a leading businessman and nephew of a powerful top police general.

He faced trial for murder, attempted murder and assault after he ploughed his Mercedes-Benz into a crowded Thong Lor bus stop on July 4, 2007 killing one woman and injuring several others.

Kanpitak was sentenced by the Appeals Court to serve three years in prison but commuted to two years and one month after considering his offences were committed at the time he could not control himself due to mental sickness.

Besides, the Appeals Court said, the convicted had paid compensation of up to over a million baht to the family of the killed woman and the three injured, and they agreed not to proceed with civil suits against him, it then decided the prison sentence be suspended for two years instead after considering the nature of the case. The Appeals Court then required him to report his behaviour to the behaviour control officials every three months on a two -year probation.

The verdict was appealed to the high court by the families of the killed and injured victims.

But in today’s hearing of the trial read at the presence of the convict, now 33 years old, and the killed victim’s family, at the Phra Khanong district court, the Supreme Court disagreed with the ruling of the Appeals Court which delivered Kanpitak on a two-year suspended sentence and on a probation instead.

The high court said that although it agreed with the medical report that the convict was mentally sick and had decision making problem, but medical report showed that before committing the serious offences, he still was addicted to drugs when he first took drugs since he was 17 years old.

Besides, the court reasoned that as his father still allowed him to drive, therefore, the crimes he committed were serious.

The Supreme Court then overruled the Appeals Court’s ruling and handed down him to serve the two year sentence immediately with no suspended jail sentence.

The court also retained his one month in prison for body assault ruled earlier by the lower court as there was no appeal by the victim’ s families.

In total, Kanpitak was given two years and one month in prison for the offences.

Earlier in 2009 the Phra Khanong District Court sentenced him to jail but commuted the sentence on mental health reason. He was freed on a 1-million bail.

He allegedly ploughed his Mercedes-Benz into a crowded Thong Lor bus stop on July 4 last year, killing one woman and injuring several others.

The incident happened shortly after a bus and Kanpitak’s car were engaged in a minor collision on Sukhumvit Road.

Witnesses say Kanpitak hit the bus driver in the face with a stone before driving his car into the bus stop.

The defendant’s father, Kan-anek, says his son was mentally ill.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/mercedes-maniac-now-serves-jail-sentence-after-eight-years-of-court-trials


-- Thai PBS 2015-09-18

[vogie]

Mentally ill, nasty piece of work more like.

[robblok]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

[Briggsy]

This is Moo Ham.

I cannot believe he will go to prison. His family is so full of police generals.

[Pib]

Just a spoiled rotten kid with money from a HiSo family.

[DM07]

Anyone wanna bet?

[ezzra]

With enough money and the right connections one can be certifiably found by doctors to be a

sleep walking two headed goat and thus not fit to stand trial... but sensibility seemed to have

prevailed in this case and the Moo ham is cooked and ready to be served....

[a99az]

Thailand is OK if you are on the top of the shit pile and can buy your way out. Even 2 years for murder is sick.

[LannaGuy]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

and the guy who shot a farang at a Chiang Mai bar? putting him in a wheelchair for life? he was a dental student at CMU and claimed 'mental impairment' what happened to him? NOTHING

after firing several shots into the crowded bar because he was spurned by a waitress

[beano2274]

If he was mentally ill, how did he get a driving license, did Daddy pull some strings

[robblok]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

and the guy who shot a farang at a Chiang Mai bar? putting him in a wheelchair for life? he was a dental student at CMU and claimed 'mental impairment' what happened to him? NOTHING

after firing several shots into the crowded bar because he was spurned by a waitress

I agree, there are many more cases that should receive punishment like this (though its still not much).

Thai justice system is just incredibly slow and should be reformed. But the rich (on both sides) would never allow it because then they would have to face the music like ordinary people.

How about Charlem and his son ?

[Bakseeda]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, the Red Bull Heir, will NEVER serve time for his crime.. And was it really a crime or an awful accident ? Shit happens in life and I think this spoilt young man hit the motorcyclist by accident and then panicked ..

when he realised the driver was a policeman. The policeman's family accepted ten million bahts in compensation. Will help to fill the space left by the dead policeman. This is Thailand and it's the way it works here. Let the young guy alone and let him live his life. He has to have that on his conscience forever.

[robblok]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, the Red Bull Heir, will NEVER serve time for his crime.. And was it really a crime or an awful accident ? Shit happens in life and I think this spoilt young man hit the motorcyclist by accident and then panicked ..

when he realised the driver was a policeman. The policeman's family accepted ten million bahts in compensation. Will help to fill the space left by the dead policeman. This is Thailand and it's the way it works here. Let the young guy alone and let him live his life. He has to have that on his conscience forever.

The guy was high on drugs / alcohol, then its not an accident. He also dragged the police officer with him for quite some distance. Does not look like a normal accident.

[seajae]

wouldnt it be great if we start to see all these hi-so's kids starting to be jailed, the girl that killed all those people when she was driving unlicensed and knocked them off the overpass, the red bull cretin, chalerm's son and all the others that got a free pass simply because of who their parents are, way past time Thailand started convicting the criminals/guilty to jail no matter who the hell they are.

[robertthebruce]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, the Red Bull Heir, will NEVER serve time for his crime.. And was it really a crime or an awful accident ? Shit happens in life and I think this spoilt young man hit the motorcyclist by accident and then panicked ..

when he realised the driver was a policeman. The policeman's family accepted ten million bahts in compensation. Will help to fill the space left by the dead policeman. This is Thailand and it's the way it works here. Let the young guy alone and let him live his life. He has to have that on his conscience forever.

Conscience ??? He ain't got one, if he did he would man up and do what normal people would do, face up to it.... All they do is go to the Temple say a few prayers and Voila all is forgotten... Just like Anna did a few months back....after that incident she now carrys toilet paper with her, in case of any more accidents....

But glad that justice was served on that Idiot above...

[Just1Voice]

If he was mentally ill, how did he get a driving license, did Daddy pull some strings

Who said he actually had a driver's license?

[lovelomsak]

Wow finally, justice is too slow in Thailand especially when rich people are involved. Its good that the guy finally has to go to jail. I always thought it was a farce when he did not have to go to jail. Finally some justice.

Next on the list red bull and the teenager that hit the minivan with people in it.

Vorayuth Yoovidhaya, the Red Bull Heir, will NEVER serve time for his crime.. And was it really a crime or an awful accident ? Shit happens in life and I think this spoilt young man hit the motorcyclist by accident and then panicked ..

when he realised the driver was a policeman. The policeman's family accepted ten million bahts in compensation. Will help to fill the space left by the dead policeman. This is Thailand and it's the way it works here. Let the young guy alone and let him live his life. He has to have that on his conscience forever.

If he has a conscience.

[balo]

I guess its good news since we're reading this now, 7 years later. Some sort of justice even if 2 years sentence is nothing really.

Edited September 18, 2015 by balo

[speedtripler]

I guess its good news since we're reading this now, 7 years later. Some sort of justice even if 2 years sentence is nothing really.

i wouldnt call 2 years in a thai jail "nothing"

its at least equivalent to 4 years in a cushy euro prison with a tv and xbox and private cell ,clean clothes and good food

if this was an accident /manslaughter then maybe 2 years should be mandatory ?

and applied to that actress who killed the cop too and red bull ferrari who will be out on bail forever because the police will never

take him to jail even if they can catch him AGAIN

[Briggsy]

You can have your own cell for 500 Baht a day.

I don't believe it will be Moo Ham in the cell though.

[Happy Grumpy]

A photo of him in a prison cell, please.

[WitawatWatawit]

Rent-a-crowd will be there to cheer and wai him into prison, and will be there with painted smiles and adoring looks of love and devotion when he completes his sentence and is released - all for the sake of "face", of course, and to prove a point (whatever that might be) to the grovelling classes.

Anyway, this will cramp his style when he wants to travel overseas. Yes? No?

[Briggsy]

The person that he killed was a mid-level public sector worker (BMTA, I think) so that will have pushed the case slightly. There were a number injured too.

He'll go in the front door of the prison and be smuggled out of a side exit 5 minutes later.

[Cuchulainn]

Just a spoiled rotten kid with money from a HiSo family.

Spoiled rotten brat, more like.

[webfact]

BREAKING: Mercedes madman 'Moo Ham' finally going to jail
By Coconuts Bangkok


File photo: JS100

BANGKOK: -- "Moo Ham," son of a high-profile businessman is finally going to jail eight years after he assaulted a bus driver before plowing his Mercedes into a crowd of people at a bus stop, killing one woman in 2007.

The Supreme Court this morning revoked his two-year suspended sentence and sent 33-year-old Kanpitak Patchimsawas or "Moo Ham" to two years and one month in prison for attempted murder and assault.

On July 4, 2007, Kanpitak, then 25 years old, was reportedly involved in a road accident with a bus driven by Sataporn Arunsiri. After the accident, Kanpitak hit the bus driver on the forehead with a stone before plowing his car into a crowd of people at a bus stop near Sukhumvit Soi 26, killing one woman named Saichon Laungsang and injuring seven others.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/09/18/breaking-mercedes-madman-moo-ham-finally-going-jail


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-09-18

[oneday]

Two years is still not much for the offense, but it's nice to see relatives/siblings of powerful people actually going to jail.

[bdenner]

So his olde man is claiming mental problems. He is the prick who should be serving jail time, for this crime, for allowing his RETARD to drive.

Edited September 18, 2015 by bdenner

[DavisH]

This is Moo Ham.

I cannot believe he will go to prison. His family is so full of police generals.

...but I just don't see him sleeping on a dirty floor with 20 other inmates. Do they have VIP rooms in prisons here?

[Misterwhisper]

If he was mentally ill, how did he get a driving license, did Daddy pull some strings

The same way practically all other people in this country get theirs.

You visit a neighborhood "medical clinic" where the good doctor measures your blood pressure, asks you a couple of questions ("Do you suffer from any serious mental illnesses?", "Do you suffer from any chronic diseases?"), takes your 'no' answers for fact, collects between 80 and 120 Baht and issues your health certificate that you can present together with your driving license application. And voila...!

[asiamaster]

25 year old teenager???