It's not looking good for the prosecution ! :bananaman:
It's not looking good for the prosecution ! :bananaman:
Nothing about this fiasco looks good, the whole corrupt circus is a huge embarrassment to Thailand
For fuck's sake!Quote:
Additionally, when questioned about why the murder weapon – a bloodied hoe – was not tested for DNA evidence, he told the court he did not believe it was relevant
This is the part which makes me go WHAT? Did the cops go though all the big production of testing Dodo in public, but not give the results to the investigators to compare?Quote:
Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower
In fairness, the police are doing a sterling job considering what they're being paid to do.
Not catch the people who did it.
I would of thought the cop would of answered Dodo was not on the island so he wouldn't of needed to follow up the rumour about the problem with ms witheridge.
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Originally Posted by misskit
It seems to me that evidence is lining up quite well to reveal that the headman's son did it, and also police incompetence (with implied corruption).
Everything going ok so far. NOW we will see either Thai corruption and incompetence at it's worst (actual judges finding Burmese guilty, despite huge holes in evidence), or.....no case for prosecution because of no real evidence. In which case the real murderer gets off, as planned from the first.
I'was certain that this will be the outcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Latindancer
But, that crazy PADite porntip has the ear of the generals and PC, so if she is there effectively on behalf of the defence then it makes me wonder. Of course with the boss of Suratthani almost certainly having done a deal with the dad of the killer (allegedly...) and him having done so much for the junta then the politics behind the scenes must be manic - and this, as per usual in the LoS, is just about money and power; justice isn't an issue.
^Mole in the defence bunker...
Don't know I get a feeling they are going to have some surprise witnesses turning up in Sept,such as Sean McAnna and co.
We have heard nothing in the tabloids from them,did the Brit cops tell them to say nothing, the Brit cops are still pissed over the Kirsty jones case.
The Brits will do nothing to publicly upset the Thai police case.
^They don't need to....
How is this rather damning evidence re dna sample match of sperm in the body going to be handled by the defence?
They wouldn't need to do it publicly, though saying that the defence at the start of the trial said they had evidence from the UK, though have not disclosed what it is.
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Originally Posted by Luigi
It's kind of cute how Westerners actually think that there's a trial going on.
There isn't.
The 3 member panel of judges are not going to find the B2 not guilty. The PM has already declared them guilty and praised the work of the police.
That they actually think the 3 judges are going to go against The General's public verdict over a few dead farangs and couple of penniless, peasant Burmese, is quite heartwarming.
Kinda cute, really, their naivety of Thais and Thai culture.
There is no trial, there is just a farce with a guilty verdict for the Burmese peasants at the end. Anything that happens until them, will not matter a jot.
Sorry to disappoint you.
Welcome to Thailand.
^
Sad, but unfortunately the most probable outcome.
Thailand is on Trial presently.
Perhaps they don't give a shit.
Though could very well change there minds once the findings of all the present investigations going on with world organisations completes and then they face the sanctions that will follow.
Just like the Australian drug dealers who were executed recently in ..............Quote:
Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower
Not sure what the Australians have to do with this case.
The DNA was compromised from day 1.
There is no evidence to convict the Burmese.
All the cctv and witness reports leave a damning trail to the son of the headman Monsod and his gang of thugs.
In the early days, the prosecutors did not want to charge the two Burmese as they knew there was no case. They then got pressure from "the authorities" to do so. Recall that they had to take several runs at this until they had something that held up. It is a travesty that those two men have been held captive so long while the real killers walk free.
Thai Prosecutors Indict Koh Tao Suspects, Let the Lies Begin | Chiang Rai Times English Language Newspaper
The question it seems hasn't been asked yet. Did the 2 Burmese give a sperm sample at the early stages while in the hands of the police ?
Consider that if they were told that the only way they could be cleared was to provide a sample for DNA testing to prove their innocence.
Would have been quite easy to coerce them into that for what would they have known of DNA testing.
You mean folks that mass murder civilians in Bkk, snipers on rooftops, 'special' troops firing automatic weapons from train tracks into Wats and red cross tents in Wats, targeting foreign journalists, throwing leading members of the policeforce out of high rise buildings, killings thousands and thousands of people over the last couple of decades alone; pilling 100 or so men up, 8 deep on a truck, to die then getting a promotion, the list goes on. You think they care about 2 Burmese or what the international press might say??? These scumbags earn millions and millions, live as, errm, what's the word???, and suffer no consequences as long as they keep the power through force, intimidation and murder...Quote:
Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower
Obviously. But this is not a court of law, it's a group of insane powermongers pretending to go through a legal process.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chittychangchang
Feudal overlords.Quote:
These scumbags earn millions and millions, live as, errm, what's the word???
Are the west any different.?
If the sanctions hit the Thai multi national companies,I'm sure there'll give a shit then.
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Originally Posted by Bettyboo
They will do if tourists stop going to Thailand..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bettyboo