Thread: Australian man's head 'stomped 10 to 15 times' in fatal Thai bar brawl

Alcohol is an ugly drug.

Yabaa could have been involved too.

Why would the attacker and his mates turn themselves in?

I'd have thought they would make a beeline for the nearest border crossing point.

Originally Posted by cisco999

Why would the attacker and his mates turn themselves in?

I'd have thought they would make a beeline for the nearest border crossing point.

Unless they have the means and motivation to spend the rest of their lives avoiding extradition, not necessarily a good move.

Based on legal precedent they are looking at ten years in chokey.

PHUKET CITY: Briton Paul Chetwynd-Talbot was sentenced to 10 years in jail today for the murder of his girlfriend, Debra O’Hanlon, on July 31 last year in the Patong room the couple shared at the time.

The 32-year-old accused and his lawyer, Somsak Chattay, had hoped for a reduced charge of manslaughter, arguing that Chetwynd-Talbot had not intended to kill Ms O’Hanlon.

Judge Nopparat Suwannakorn, however, pointed to forensic evidence indicating that Chetwynd-Talbot had hit Ms O’Hanlon very hard in parts of her body that could have caused death, and sentenced him based on a charge of murder according to Section 288 of the Thai penal code. This offense carries a penalty of 15 to 20 years in jail.

The sentence was cut by a third because Chetwynd-Talbot surrendered to police after the murder and admitted in court that he had killed Ms O’Hanlon.

After today’s hearing, Chetwynd-Talbot maintained that Ms O’Hanlon’s death was “fundamentally an accident”. He told the Gazette, “I threw one punch that I shouldn’t have thrown and this resulted in the girl’s death.

“I wasn’t expecting to be charged with murder. It seems there is no way of bringing that charge down.”

He noted, however, that his lawyer had told him that, given good behavior, he could be out of jail in five years. The time he has already spent in jail awaiting trial will also be deducted from the remainder of his stay in jail.

https://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket...0-years-murder

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Based on legal precedent they are looking at ten years in chokey.

I don't think they even follow the 'precedent' system in Thailand, do they? Doesn't each judge make a decision based solely on the circumstances of each case? (And the size of the backhander, obviously...)