Pattaya: Aussie Caught After Diamond Snatch & Run Stunt Fails

**taxexile** · 11-10-2011, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by charifly

Will have proper updates tomorrow - but thanks for the support people. For those whom make the comment of 'he deserves a smack when he gets home' i can assure you he will receive plenty!

so whats happened to robin hood then, is he enjoying a barbie on the lawn back home, or is he still on the fish head soup ?

i think we should be told.

**Seekingasylum** · 11-10-2011, 11:06 PM

Drink can be a terrible thing Tax.

**taxexile** · 11-10-2011, 11:44 PM

yes, indeed it can, a very terrible thing, an astute observation there.

which is why i hardly touch the stuff.

rare is the person whose personality, conversation or intelligence is improved by the intake of alcohol.

**baldrick** · 11-10-2011, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by taxexile

rare is the person whose personality, conversation or intelligence is improved by the intake of alcohol.

Originally Posted by taxexile

which is why i hardly touch the stuff.

ok .

**CaptainNemo** · 12-10-2011, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Plenty.

Is that an Australian unit of measurement? (...equivalent to "one", as in numbers of pints drunk? ...or women shagged? ...or active brain cells remaining?)

**charifly** · 12-10-2011, 06:26 AM

I didn't reply straight away because theres not much in the way of updates atm - and anyone says that he deserves what he gets. Theres no way in hell anyone deserves what they get in that prision.

For starters, he didn't have ANY toiletries whatsoever, luckily his lawyer made sure that he had all the essentials he needed. Secondly, his heads been shaved and he shares a "cell" with 75 people and sleeps on a floor. How is that humane by any respects? No way does anyone deserve that shit.

Still waiting for updates.. will let you know when we do...

**taxexile** · 12-10-2011, 08:38 AM

For starters, he didn't have ANY toiletries whatsoever, luckily his lawyer made sure that he had all the essentials he needed. Secondly, his heads been shaved and he shares a "cell" with 75 people and sleeps on a floor. How is that humane by any respects? No way does anyone deserve that shit.

but what exactly did your brother expect after robbing a jewellers shop?

after shave, herbal soap and hot towels?

maybe its because the western justice and prison system is so soft that people think its ok, its no big deal, its a trivial matter to rob, to take what is not yours.

this experience, unpleasant as it is will focus his mind, give him time to reflect on his behaviour and on the inner demons that drove him to commit this futile act and he will undoubtedly emerge from this a better person.

**Seekingasylum** · 12-10-2011, 09:41 AM

In Thai terms, if one finds oneself in the monkey house it is most likely because your karma has led you there and therefore, ultimately, you are responsible. Having resources to make life more comfortable helps otherwise the fulll rigour of a medieval regime will prevail. You could apply for bail, which most Thai with money, land or connections get, and this should be your first priority.

**taxexile** · 16-10-2011, 06:00 PM

Still waiting for updates.. will let you know when we do...

any news yet?

**charifly** · 22-10-2011, 10:54 AM

Nope nothing yet - still waiting for progress. The Lawyer is still over there in Thailand working with a Thai lawyer but because of his noteriety (however its spelt!) its made it much harder!! atleast now he has some money and basic essentials which will help..

sabaii sabaii · 22-10-2011, 10:56 AM

^ Does his girlfriend visit him ?

**Seekingasylum** · 22-10-2011, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by charifly

Nope nothing yet - still waiting for progress. The Lawyer is still over there in Thailand working with a Thai lawyer but because of his noteriety (however its spelt!) its made it much harder!! atleast now he has some money and basic essentials which will help..

The notoriety of your sibling or that of the Thai lawyer? Being Pattaya 'n all there is a certain topicality particularly when it comes to bent lawyers of which there are several.
Frankly, any publicity as far as the Thai are concerned would have evaporated the day after his arrest. They forget yesterday quicker than a goldfish but it could be used as a means of upping the tariff.

**English Noodles** · 22-10-2011, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by thegent

They forget yesterday quicker than a goldfish

You don't know the Thai too well if you think that. You cross one, they hold a grudge until the day you die.

**Agent_Smith** · 23-10-2011, 02:04 AM

^or pay them off.

**charifly** · 24-10-2011, 03:59 PM

noteriety of his stupid stunt - the thai lawyer is apparently sussing stuff out. Apparently because of the footage being shown around the media outlets its making it a lot tougher to negociate his freedom!!!

And i wish it was remembered like a gold fish - then we wouldn't have this issue

**Agent_Smith** · 25-10-2011, 04:46 AM

^In two weeks it'll be forgotten by the media. May take a little patience on this one, has the lawyer spoken directly with the jeweler yet?

**taxexile** · 25-10-2011, 07:48 PM

the thai lawyer is apparently sussing stuff out.

its called padding the bill, common practice for lawyers everywhere.

**baby maker** · 09-11-2011, 03:15 AM

What news.....where will he spend Christmas....with family?

**taxexile** · 09-11-2011, 10:20 AM

its lucky for him hes not languishing in a bangkok prison, with a metre of excrement polluted floodwater lapping around his knees.

he should be counting his lucky stars.

any news yet on his fate.

**BKKBanger** · 11-11-2011, 03:38 PM

Charifly,

As you probably realise by now Thai jails are not comfortable but your lawyer has done the right thing I hope and put a little money in his jail account. This will make it a little more bearable but at the end of the day the Thai authorities do not waste too much money on prisoners and they are often supported by their families.

The motto "Pay early" is a good one, leave it too long and there are more players with their fingers in. This applies as much to a traffic stop as it does to an arrest for theft.

Keep it up, he will need your help in the coming months but for goodness sake sort it BEFORE a verdict is given. Once he goes down you will be thinking about a transfer back to an Aussie prison but there will be no parole in Aus, it will be at the whim of the Thais, and he may well serve 4 - 10 years.

He may once convicted get on to the King's birthday pardon list to clear out the prison but this may not be for a few years. At least it was not drugs, for which there is no King's list.

**dirtydog** · 11-11-2011, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by BKKBanger

and he may well serve 4 - 10 years.

Don't be ridiculous, he didn't rape and shoot the jeweler to death, he stole a ring.....

**TizMe** · 12-11-2011, 08:47 PM

but a diamond ring is more valuable in Thailand than 3 or 4 lives.

**dirtydog** · 12-11-2011, 08:55 PM

I don't believe they mine diamonds in Thailand, so it is just farang junk, bit like our gold to the average Thai.

**charifly** · 09-01-2012, 02:54 PM

UPDATE!!!!

Hi all - sorry its been a while! He served 3.5 months in jail, and another 2 weeks in IDC. He landed in Australia Friday 06/01 on a suspended sentance of 2.5 years after originally being sentanced to 5years! They deported him and he is blacklisted from Thailand indefinately after recommendations from the lawyer.

He is very VERY lucky, and only because his mate is a Top barrister here in Melbourne Australia did he not end up in Cambodia or worse.. dead. And he is an ungreatful man.. ugh >

**Cujo** · 09-01-2012, 02:58 PM

Thanks for the update.
(I hate ingrates.)

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