webfact Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Life imprisonment for murder of ‘insubordinate’ maid By Kesinee Taengkhieo The Nation FORMER BEAUTY contestant Krisana “Mona” Suwanpitak was jailed for life yesterday after the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court in Bangkok found her guilty of the 2012 murder of her 16-year-old maid, Jariya Srisak. The girl’s body was then buried near Krisana’s home in Phetchaburi’s Muang district to conceal the crime. Public prosecutors charged Krisana, 47, with murder and concealing the body while two other defendants, Krisana’s younger friend Prathana Tuamsap, 37, and Krisana’s younger brother and local village headman Pramote Suwanpitak, 45, were charged with helping her conceal the crime. The judge handed Krisana the life sentence after hearing damning evidence, including that of her own daughter, who saw her assaulting Jarinya before the death. Co-defendant Prathana also testified that Krisana had a short fuse and could be violent when angered. Jariya’s mother had demanded Bt1.46 million compensation for the loss of her daughter, plus 15 per cent annual interest until payment was fully received. The court therefore ordered Krisana to pay Bt1,065,776 in compensation, plus 7.5 per cent annual interest. The court found Prathana and Pramote guilty of helping Krisana to get away with the crime and gave each of them two-year prison terms. As Prathana had given useful evidence to police, however, her punishment was reduced by a third to one year and four months, while Pramote’s sentence was halved due to his guilty plea. The merit he had earned as a village headman and help he had since given to Jariya’s mother, didn't convince the court to suspend his jail term. The prosecution said Krisana had hired Jariya in February 2012 to work as her maid in Phetchaburi for Bt6,000 a month. During the time she was employed, they said, Krisana often got angry at her “insubordinate” behaviour and assaulted her. On April 11, 2012 Krisana hit the teen in the head multiple times with a cylinder-shaped spray bottle, hit the teen’s thigh with a hard plastic hose (from a vacuum machine) and used a red-hot hair-straightening device to burn multiple marks on the girls’ torso. These attacks resulted in the girl suffering serious injuries, from which she finally died on April 12, 2012, at Krisana’s house in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district. Krisana then conspired with Prathana and Pramote to take the maid’s body to their mother’s house in Phetchaburi and buried the body under a palmyra palm tree just outside the fence around the house. During the trial, Krisana and Prathana denied the charges while Pramote, who had originally claimed he was innocent, changed his plea to guilty just before the trial began. After Jariya’s disappearance Krisana told her mother the teenager had run away, so the mother reported her missing to police and also spent time looking for her and praying for her safe return. In October 2017, Jariya’s mother received an anonymous phone call telling her that Jariya had been fatally assaulted by her employer and that the body was buried under a tree near a house in Phetchaburi. The mother filed a complaint with the Pavena Hongsakul Foundation for Women and Children, which then referred the matter to police, leading to the house search that yielded the body. The three defendants were arrested the following month. After yesterday’s sentencing, Krisana was taken to the Central Central Women Correctional Institution pending the Appeal Court’s consideration on her application for bail in the sum of Bt600,000. A decision is expected in 5-7 days. Her two co-defendants were late yesterday granted bail in the sum of Bt200,000 and their lawyers said they would appeal their sentences to the upper court. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30364472 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-02-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passiflora Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Bt1,065,776... Life is cheap in Los.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 What a horrible little woman. Hope she stays in prison for a long, long time. As for the people who helped bury the body and the senetences they received, disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Life can mean up to as little as 3 years in jail here I for one would like to see a permanent solution for this bint ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 If she is given bail.she will do a runner, for sure. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Muton Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 A perfect example of (in her case, former) beauty being only skin deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaZa9 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Bail ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I sometimes wonder how much more of this "insubordinate maid" business goes on in this country (and others of course). Thai soaps frequently show madame harassing and berating her darker skinned servants while lounging in her gaudy palace. At a whopping B6000 a month, you'd think with that well paid job the maid would have been more respectful of her mistress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, worgeordie said: If she is given bail.she will do a runner, for sure. regards Worgeordie Yep. Hey Judge - read the prosecution's lips - NO stinkin' BAIL ! 6 hours ago, webfact said: Her two co-defendants were late yesterday granted bail in the sum of Bt200,000 and their lawyers said they would appeal their sentences to the upper court. Disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullcave Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 45 minutes ago, zaZa9 said: Bail ??? Yup. Already convicted and gets bail. TIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said: Outrageous that a Thai hi-so can't beat their servants and slaves to death for insubordination these days. What is the World coming to? Well said Sir, what is the world coming too. Soon us whiteys can't bash Thais at each and every turn either denying us of feeling superior by kicking someone down. What a sad world it is with changes like this, in the old days it was always better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Why does the headline say 'insubordinate' maid? Was that proven? if not, why is the word used in the headline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, fullcave said: Yup. Already convicted and gets bail. TIT! A couple of years ago 5 policemen were sentenced to death for murder, they got bail for the appeal, the Judge warned them not to approach any of the trial witnesses!! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 That loathsome excuse for a human being has just been convicted of a horrific murder and sentenced to IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. Yet the Appeals Court is currently "considering" whether this monster should be set free on bail. What in god's name is there to consider??? She should be locked up pending her appeal. Set her free and she will surely abscond abroad -- like so many many others before her. I have never really understood that malpractice of granting bail on convictions as serious as murder. In my opinion that disgusting system is actually encouraging these criminals to do a runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, rkidlad said: What a horrible little woman. Hope she stays in prison for a long, long time. As for the people who helped bury the body and the senetences they received, disgusting. The PooYaiBaan; gutless t**ser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, fullcave said: Yup. Already convicted and gets bail. TIT! And beyond that, according to the article, the main suspect's brother (the village headman) pleaded GUILTY at trial, was sentenced to TWO years, and had that cut in half because of his guilty plea. And now he's appealing too? After pleading guilty and getting a one year sentence for helping cover up a murder??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsw53 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 What possible reason is there for letting her out, she has been found guilty. Oops I forgot, we are in Thailand. Hope she had her passport ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said: That loathsome excuse for a human being has just been convicted of a horrific murder and sentenced to IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. Yet the Appeals Court is currently "considering" whether this monster should be set free on bail. What in god's name is there to consider??? She should be locked up pending her appeal. Set her free and she will surely abscond abroad -- like so many many others before her. I have never really understood that malpractice of granting bail on convictions as serious as murder. In my opinion that disgusting system is actually encouraging these criminals to do a runner. She's been found guilty by the first court - surely that has some meaning. What about some respect from the judicial process, for the victim and her family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADS Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Death Sentence Get rid of the insidious individuals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 village headman was involved. No surprise. Are they ever not part of the problem. Who needs them. Its the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Life can mean up to as little as 3 years in jail here I for one would like to see a permanent solution for this bint ???? "Life can mean up to as little as 3 years in jail here..." I'd be interested to know where you got that information from. Do you have an example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, fullcave said: Yup. Already convicted and gets bail. TIT! She has not been given bail...! 8 hours ago, webfact said: After yesterday’s sentencing, Krisana was taken to the Central Central Women Correctional Institution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Just Weird said: She has not been given bail...! Yet. She has a bail hearing next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said: I have never really understood that malpractice of granting bail on convictions as serious as murder. Free 'lunchboxes' have been received? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 She'll either do a runner or be considerably thinner in the years to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 33 minutes ago, Briggsy said: Yet. She has a bail hearing next week. Yes, I know that, so, as I said, she has not been granted bail as someone was claiming in his attempt to ridicule the Thai legal system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 What a disgusting excuse for a human being ... I hope she suffers during a long jail sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblehead Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, Just Weird said: Yes, I know that, so, as I said, she has not been granted bail as someone was claiming in his attempt to ridicule the Thai legal system. The fact that she is having a "bail hearing" is enough to ridicule the Thai legal system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, bubblehead said: The fact that she is having a "bail hearing" is enough to ridicule the Thai legal system No, it's not, that is an element of Thai law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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