The Appeal Court today sentenced businessman and socialite. Kan-anek Patchimsawas two years and nine months in prison after finding him guilty of drug charges.
The second court’s ruling upheld earlier ruling by the Criminal Court (first court) that he was guilty for using “ice” drug and possessing it with intent to sell.
Upon hearing the judgement of jail sentence with no suspension, his lawyer posted 450,000 baht bail with the court for temporary release to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Kan-anek was arrested for allegedly using the drug “ice” and possessing it with intent to sell on February 12, 2015.
Sutthisan police station knocked on the door of an apartment and found Kan-anek in possession of “ice” flakes and drug equipment. A urine test later showed a positive result for him using the drug. The “ice” weighed 0.676 gram.
The Criminal Court sentenced him to two years and nine months in jail and a fine of 200,000 baht for the charge but granted him conditional release on 350,000 baht bail.
Kan-anek married a beauty queen in 1983. His son Kanphitak made headlines in 2007 when drove his Mercedes into a bus stop, killing one person and injuring many others, in a road-rage incident after an accident with a city bus driver.
Socialite Kan-anek given 2 years and 9 months in jail for drug abuse - Thai PBS English News