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    5-year sentence for Thai man who sexually assaulted backpacker after she fell 150ft

    American mother's anger over 'dismal' five-year sentence for Thai man who sexually assaulted her backpacker daughter, 23, after she fell 150ft off a cliff and broke her back while running away


    A Thai sex attacker who brutally assaulted an American backpacker after she fell 150ft down a cliff has been jailed for five years - to the anger of her parents.

    Hannah Gavios, 23, broke her back and lay helpless trapped on rocks while Apai Ruangwong, 28, subjected her to hours of sexual assault.

    Gavios - who has waived her right to anonymity - was rescued the next morning on September 2 but had lost all feeling in her legs - and is still in hospital in New York having physiotherapy.






    Apai Ruengvorn (pictured) was made to reenact the assault by Thai police



    Twisted Ruangwong was sentenced to ten years earlier this month but that was halved after he pleaded guilty to the obscene behavior and causing serious injury, according to the New York Times.

    Miss Gavois' mother Gwen Gavois - who is currently raising money for her medical care - slammed the sentence.

    She said: 'I am dismayed that it is automatically cut down to five years because of a guilty plea.'

    Gwen added that 'Hannah will suffer the consequences of the attack for the rest of her life'.


    Miss Gavois still has no feeling in her ankles, feet and backside and is learning to walk again with crutches and leg braces.

    The 23-year-old had been teaching English in Vietnam when she took a holiday to Railay Beach in the resort of Krabi where she arrived on September 1.

    She became lost on the pitch-black beach and went into a local tourist shop asking for help back to her hotel.

    Hired-help worker Ruangwong offered to show her the way but instead led her into the jungle where they started climbing a mountain.

    Miss Gavois, who was still tired after arriving in Thailand just the day before, innocently followed him before realising she was in danger.

    The man pinned her down and tried to rip off her clothes - but Miss Gavois bravely fought back and bit off part of his ear.

    She then fled but blindly ran off the edge of a cliff edge in the darkness fractured her spine and smashed her head on the way down before she landed crippled at the bottom of the cliff.

    After falling down the cliff the attacker scrambled after her and repeatedly sexually molested her for several hours as she lay helpless.


    Ruangwong left but then returned later with other people who raised the alarm and Miss Gavois was rescued and taken to hospital.

    Miss Gavois said at the time: 'I honestly thought I was going to die.

    I hit my head a few times and landed on a big bump. I was screaming in pain. It was the most painful thing ever,.

    'I felt like a total vegetable. I felt completely vulnerable. I couldn't move anything.


    'I was stuck with this crazy person. I was in the woods in the bushes with wild snakes crawling on me while he was still continuing to harass me. He got on top of me.

    'He didn't rape me but he did everything else.'

    Miss Gavois was taken to hospital and later flown back to her home in Queens, New York, where she is still undergoing intensive treatment.

    Her mother Gwen and father Aaron have already spent thousands visiting Miss Gavois at her bedside and now need to raise up to $200,000 to help her walk again as expenses are not covered by her insurance.

    Mrs Gavois added: 'We're raising funds to pay for medical bills, medical equipment, psychotherapy, and physical therapy which will not be fully covered by our insurance company.

    'Hannah's recovery period is expected to last up to two years or more, and many of the expenses, such as physical therapy will not be covered after several months.

    'We may have to make changes to our home, including a remodeling of our bathroom to accommodate Hannah's disabilities. We are expecting out of pocket costs to be at least $50,000 and could be as much as $200,000.


    We have an immediate need for these funds as we have already incurred significant out of pocket costs.

    'It is so meaningful to us that our family and friends want to help us in our time of need. We are forever grateful to anyone who wants to help.'

    Somchai Buakiri, a provincial prosecutor in Krabi, said the verdict will become final after 30 days.

    To donate towards Hannah's medical costs visit her GoFundMe page.

    Thai man who sexually assaulted American backpacker for TEN HOURS gets just 5 years | Daily Mail Online

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    That's really an awful crime.

    Raping her after she fell off the cliff and lay half-paralized with a broken back?!?


    What a disgusting human being. 5 years is way too lenient.

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    He didn't rape her, as she says, "but did everything else"...

    Fooking animal, I'd say, but it ain't fair to animals...

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    I suppose the maximum for indecent assault is five years......???

    If she had been a connected Thai they would have contrived a set of charges that would have entailed a much longer term of imprisonment.

    Farang don't really count here unless of course it affects tourist revenue but really once the initial furore dies down they just forget everything, like they do with just about everything else of real importance, until the next atrocity. It's the way they are and one of the many reasons why I utterly despise their society. Remember the British tourist who took a shitty beer mat as a souvenir and was arrested for theft and detained.......?

    It truly is a despicable society.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    Remember the British tourist who took a shitty beer mat as a souvenir and was arrested for theft and detained.......?
    Aussie.

    A right mouthy one that was taught a lesson in how to behave.

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    she didnt even take the beer mat, it was placed in her bag without her knowing by one of the group she was with.

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    ^
    And it was the Aussie bar owner that made the complaint to the police.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    she didnt even take the beer mat, it was placed in her bag without her knowing by one of the group she was with.
    Rubbish, she was asked to return it and refused. Then insulted the coppers who had asked her to return it. Then tried to blame it on her mates.

    She was convicted of theft but one of the local bods paid the fine because the Aussie media had been portraying her as some holier-than-thou "mother of four" instead of just another pissed Aussie slapper.

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    just binned my Thai airways cutlery

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    ^^ She even got PM Kev(i wanted to run the UN) Rudd on board with the sob story that i am a mis treated mother of four,except they were home in OZ whilst she was on the turps in LOS,should of locked the old moll up to teach her a lesson in manners.

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    "Meet The New York City Marathon Runners Who Finish Last"
    Tyler Blint-Welsh - The Wall Street Journal

    New York, NY - October 31, 2019

    Hannah Gavios, a 26year-old former competitive runner and avid yoga enthusiast, was paralyzed in Thailand three years ago after falling over 150 feet from a cliff as she tried to escape a sexual assault from a man she asked for directions.

    Ms. Gavios suffered a spinal cord injury that leaves her unable to move or feel her feet and ankles.

    When the Queens native returned to New York, she was hospitalized for months.

    Looking down at the marathon that year from her room at a Mount Sinai Health System hospital in Manhattan, she grew bitter watching the runners on Fifth Avenue. “I was so fast like all these people, and now I’m so crippled,” she said she recalled thinking to herself. “The last time I ran ever, was when I was running from my attacker.”

    As she watched the race a year later, though, she said the runners inspired her. She decided to hire a trainer, who coached her over the phone from North Carolina, and started to practice using crutches for extended periods.

    For the 2018 marathon, she ran with her crutches alongside Ms. Sullivan for the entire race, finishing in 11 hours and 20 minutes.

    This year, her goal is to finish in under ten hours.

    — Mount Sinai Health System

    2018:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    I suppose the maximum for indecent assault is five years......???

    If she had been a connected Thai they would have contrived a set of charges that would have entailed a much longer term of imprisonment.

    Farang don't really count here unless of course it affects tourist revenue but really once the initial furore dies down they just forget everything, like they do with just about everything else of real importance, until the next atrocity. It's the way they are and one of the many reasons why I utterly despise their society. Remember the British tourist who took a shitty beer mat as a souvenir and was arrested for theft and detained.......?

    It truly is a despicable society.
    Well she was Australian and was asked to give it back and told them to fuck off, then when policemen came to try and persuade her to give it back, she told them to fuck off, too.

    But, you know, let's not allow facts to ruin a good piece of xenophobic bullshit eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    she didnt even take the beer mat, it was placed in her bag without her knowing by one of the group she was with.
    Bullshit. She took it and she had ample opportunity to return it without any penalty. It happens in the Aussie Bar all the time.

    That story was just something her idiot bogan mates came up with to try and get her off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman123 View Post
    ^
    And it was the Aussie bar owner that made the complaint to the police.
    Which is the better of two options I'd consider if she told my staff to fuck off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by prawnograph View Post
    "Meet The New York City Marathon Runners Who Finish Last"
    Tyler Blint-Welsh - The Wall Street Journal

    New York, NY - October 31, 2019

    Hannah Gavios, a 26year-old former competitive runner and avid yoga enthusiast, was paralyzed in Thailand three years ago after falling over 150 feet from a cliff as she tried to escape a sexual assault from a man she asked for directions.

    Ms. Gavios suffered a spinal cord injury that leaves her unable to move or feel her feet and ankles.

    When the Queens native returned to New York, she was hospitalized for months.

    Looking down at the marathon that year from her room at a Mount Sinai Health System hospital in Manhattan, she grew bitter watching the runners on Fifth Avenue. “I was so fast like all these people, and now I’m so crippled,” she said she recalled thinking to herself. “The last time I ran ever, was when I was running from my attacker.”

    As she watched the race a year later, though, she said the runners inspired her. She decided to hire a trainer, who coached her over the phone from North Carolina, and started to practice using crutches for extended periods.

    For the 2018 marathon, she ran with her crutches alongside Ms. Sullivan for the entire race, finishing in 11 hours and 20 minutes.

    This year, her goal is to finish in under ten hours.

    — Mount Sinai Health System

    2018:
    Nice update. Good luck to this lady, and hope she's put that ordeal well behind her now.

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    ^ Brave girl. Three years later and she still cant feel her feet. It would be so easy to lose hope and just take a shitload of valium. So much respect for you Hannah!

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    Some people don't give up in the face of adversity. Good for her.

    And I wish a slow and painful death on the worthless piece of subhuman shit that did it to her.

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    5 year sentence 3 years ago. Is Ol' Matey back out helping people with directions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    5 year sentence 3 years ago. Is Ol' Matey back out helping people with directions?
    Probably. Almost worth spending the pittance to have the fucker lobbed over a cliff himself.

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