Police defend good Samaritan in fatal pursuit of two robbery suspects

By Kanathit Srihirandet 
The Nation

 

Apichart

 

A city police chief said yesterday that it was impossible that a 57-year-old good Samaritan had “thrown” two young suspects off a U-turn overpass in Bangkhuntien district, responding to social media comments that purported to describe the violent act.

 

Pol Maj-General Samrit Tongtao quoted witnesses as saying the suspects – Borisut Sukpia, 22 and Weerapong Nethibutr, 20 – attempted to escape after allegedly trying to snatch a necklace from a man, when the 57-year-old Apichart Un chased the suspects on his motorbike.

 

Samrit described the following events on Tuesday, when both young men fell from the overpass, causing the death of one of them, as an “accident”.

 

“How can Apichart, who is nearly 60 years old, throw the young suspects off the overpass? It was an accident, we believe,” Samrit said.

 

Both suspects were injured and Borisut later died in hospital. Their friends subsequently wrote on Facebook that Apichart had caught them and thrown both of them off the overpass.

 

Thawatchai Toh-aramkul, 61, the victim of the attempted robbery, told police he was on his way home from a market on his motorcycle when the suspects grabbed at his gold necklace but failed to snatch it as it fell inside his shirt.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30323327

 

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good. the defendant is free to go.

 

next case.

 

 

Edited August 9, 20178 yr by NCC1701A

I tell you what, the force of the (alleged) crash impact, that enabled the necklace snatchers bike to land on its stand, while throwing the riders over the edge of the railing, must have been a truly amazing sight to see.

Not trying to take anything away from the fella that threw these two scumbags over the side, or anything.

Why is he pointing at the sandal?

They have an utterly different definition of "good Samaritan" here.......................

39 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I tell you what, the force of the (alleged) crash impact, that enabled the necklace snatchers bike to land on its stand, while throwing the riders over the edge of the railing, must have been a truly amazing sight to see.

Not trying to take anything away from the fella that threw these two scumbags over the side, or anything.

Saw a Facebook video of the scene just after the crash yesterday and the bike was lying on it's side so guess somebody picked it up.

8 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I tell you what, the force of the (alleged) crash impact, that enabled the necklace snatchers bike to land on its stand, while throwing the riders over the edge of the railing, must have been a truly amazing sight to see.

Not trying to take anything away from the fella that threw these two scumbags over the side, or anything.

 

Given that the motorcycle is a Honda Super Cub (very conservatively styled and more often ridden by older people) I would guess it's his.

 

 

There is nothing in the report that says the thieves were riding one, whereas both he and the victim of the attempted theft are described as being on them.

 

 

Edited August 9, 20178 yr by Enoon

8 hours ago, petesc55 said:

Why is he pointing at the sandal?

 

I believe he is pointing to/touching the motorcycle as an indication that it is his (pursuit vehicle).

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2 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Given that the motorcycle is a Honda Super Cub (very conservatively styled and more often ridden by older people) I would guess it's his.

 

 

There is nothing in the report that says the thieves were riding one, whereas both he and the victim of the attempted theft are described as being on them.

 

 

Is your guess that the thieves ran onto the motorway? If the cub belonged to the good samaritan, he would have difficulty catching them even if they were on foot.

OTOH if the cub was the thieves choice of getaway vehicle, it would explain why they they were caught.

5 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

I believe he is pointing to/touching the motorcycle as an indication that it is his (pursuit vehicle).

Ambiguous pointing.... not on sir, not on at all!

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“thrown” two young suspects off a U-turn overpass

Why isn't the police considering this suicide?

It always seems to be the answer to most police investigations related to death.

On 8/9/2017 at 7:42 PM, snoop1130 said:

Their friends subsequently wrote on Facebook that Apichart had caught them and thrown both of them off the overpass.

Oh, they were there, then. As onlookers, or participants?

On 09/08/2017 at 4:59 PM, petesc55 said:

Why is he pointing at the sandal?

I've noticed there always only 1 sandal at a bike crash