Thread: Australian DJ Jake Mastroianni placed in top security Thai jail

Originally Posted by cyrille

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

must be more to the stories, Thai judges don't go that far for so little

Do you actually ever read news stories?

Long sentences for comparatively trivial drugs offences in SEA seem surprising to you?

He's not very bright you know.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Mastroianni was sentenced to two life terms after pleading not guilty.

Originally Posted by Troy

He will only serve half his sentence, at most.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

He'll serve all of his sentence

Pretty sure I was right the first time Harry....

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by Kurgen

2 life terms for 200 pills???

That was his mate, he only had 61....

50 years for pleading guilty - how is that not a life sentence?!

I wonder if it's conceivable for them to be transferred back to home countries and the convictions set aside through lack of a fair trial and investigation?
I appreciate people leaping onto the "som nam na" bandwagon, but it seems odd to me that those who regularly go on about how corrupt and shady Thailand is are so quick to assume the conviction is a safe one, and that they deserved it.

Should have 6 months and deported , unless there's more to it...

Transfer to Bangkwan prison from Klong Prem..
Thought they were both max security shitholes ?
is Klong Prem preferable for a long vacation or something.

I know it's Teakdoor where only Burmese immigrants are presumed innocent.
But have you considered he might not be guilty?

British man Lance Whitmore was charged with carrying 200 pills after being arrested at the same time as the Australian.
Whitmore, 27, was arrested in 2014 after attempting to sell ecstasy to a man outside a supermarket.
The buyer was actually part of an undercover sting operation .

Mastroianni's life of full moon parties and beautiful girlfriends then came to an end, when police stormed his girlfriend's apartment where he had been hanging out.

Police seized 61 ecstasy pills from the Pattaya apartment but Mr Feeney claims that no drugs were found on the 26-year-old DJ or in any of his belongings.
'Jake didn't live in the apartment. He stayed there on and off. It was her apartment in her name,' Mr Feeney told Fairfax Media.
'That is a key point. Did Jake have possession of the pills?'

Read more: Australian DJ Jake Mastroianni victim of critical legal error in Thailand, says lawyer | Daily Mail Online

Half baked article as usual in todays media.
Did the guilty friend implicate him at the trial or the opposite or didn't they bother to ask him.
What happened to the girlfriend whose apartment it was ..
Etc

Tim Ward, who knew Mastroianni and British man Lance Whitmore, commented about their sentence on social media.
He wrote on Facebook: 'Thailand is a fun place with not a lot of rules.. But one very important rule.. NO DRUGS.. I know both these guys, and neither one of them is tough enough for this punishment.. '

Nice of Tim to add that little bit.

Originally Posted by Troy

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Mastroianni was sentenced to two life terms after pleading not guilty.

Originally Posted by Troy

He will only serve half his sentence, at most.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

He'll serve all of his sentence

Pretty sure I was right the first time Harry....

Pretty sure you edited my quote which continued..... "until....".

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Should have 6 months and deported , unless there's more to it...

There isn't more to it. They just don't fuck abut when it comes to drug dealers.

Would you hire the Thai police and justice system to solve a crime that affected you personally?

No tears from me.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Mastroianni was sentenced to two life terms after pleading not guilty.

They have to get rid of this stiffer punishment if don't plead guilty rubbish. The one with 200 pills pleads guilty, gets 50 years, the one with 61 pills, pleads not guilty (of being part of a criminal gang) and gets 2 life sentences. He probably had a reasonable defence, so he plead not guilty.
It's not even "double or quits". It's like, double or half; admit guilt (even if you're innocent) and get half, defend yourself and risk double.
Rubbish system.


Meanwhile, kill a cop with a Ferrari, or kill a cop and be a soap star, or kill people and be rich, and face 2 weeks meditation in a monastery at the most.

Should have got some time just for being a DJ and wearing stupid hats the wrong way round.

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Should have 6 months and deported , unless there's more to it...

There isn't more to it. They just don't fuck abut when it comes to drug dealers.

Would you hire the Thai police and justice system to solve a crime that affected you personally?

That is a separate issue. Frankly no-one should be able to buy their way out of a sentence.