webfact 79,055 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Thai man involved in abduction of teen finally arrested after 19 years - 3 months before statute expired Picture: INN Crime Suppression Division police arrested a man called Somkiat,43, by the road in Pak Nam sub-district of Muang Krabi in the south of Thailand. He was named in a warrant issued in Thung Song in 2003 related to the abduction of a minor. INN reported that in January 2001 Somkiat along with a man called Khiaw abducted a 16 year old girl, who was Khiaw's girlfriend, from her house. She was taken on a motorcycle against her will to a deserted house where Khiaw raped her. Somkiat was not involved in the rape as he had left the deserted house on an errand leaving his friend to commit that crime. However, the crime of abduction still has a 20 year statute of limitations. It would have been too late to arrest the suspect after January. Source: INN -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-10-14 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to post Share on other sites
petermik 17,235 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Unlucky old chap....now bang him up for a long while 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pilotman 18,417 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 bit of a coincidence isn't it? Police sitting on it? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post 2long 2,395 Posted October 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2020 20 years statute for this but only 15 for Boss's cop killing!? I am not defending this guy, but he was not the one who raped her, nor did he witness it or help... and we don't know under what pretense he was told to 'escort' the poor girl to the house. For all we know, he could have been told it was a surprise or that she had done something terrible. The rapist friend could have lied to him, to get help. Just saying. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post mrfill 2,404 Posted October 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2020 3 hours ago, 2long said: 20 years statute for this but only 15 for Boss's cop killing!? I am not defending this guy, but he was not the one who raped her, nor did he witness it or help... and we don't know under what pretense he was told to 'escort' the poor girl to the house. For all we know, he could have been told it was a surprise or that she had done something terrible. The rapist friend could have lied to him, to get help. Just saying. It has no bearing on the case for abduction, which is what he was sought for. And the concern is not the difference between the limitation times, but the fact that they have a time limit on murder, rape and abduction. Hide long enough and you get away with it. That's not justice. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
hotchilli 16,543 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: Thai man involved in abduction of teen finally arrested after 19 years - 3 months before statute expired Jeez... Link to post Share on other sites
Peterphuket 608 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 So...there is still time enough for the red bull guy, to catch him/it/her. Link to post Share on other sites
Reigntax 11,235 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 8:47 PM, mrfill said: It has no bearing on the case for abduction, which is what he was sought for. And the concern is not the difference between the limitation times, but the fact that they have a time limit on murder, rape and abduction. Hide long enough and you get away with it. That's not justice. The injustice is that the police took 19 years to catch him. Time limitations for crimes are an essential part of any judicial system due to the inaccuracy of evidence that occurs over time. Without time limitations every minor crime would remain an open case even if the main suspect dies. Link to post Share on other sites
balo 12,649 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 The girl must have belonged to a very influential family for this to happen. 19 years, really? Link to post Share on other sites
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