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From: Krypsis on 30 Jan 2010 03:58
On 29/01/2010 8:25 AM, ahmed123 wrote:

> The man should be charged for manslaughter and not murder.

<snip>
>
A lot of governments consider a knife as a deadly weapon and carriage of
same as sufficient for "intent". It is hard to argue that it was
manslaughter and not murder if he used a knife that he had on his
person. Why was he carrying a knife in the first instance? I have
travelled extensively in SE Asia and have never felt the need to carry a
weapon of any sort for defensive purposes.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/murder

If he can't control his temper, he shouldn't have been carrying a
weapon. Definitely some degree of murder involved.

Krypsis


From: LarbGai on 30 Jan 2010 05:26
On Jan 30, 9:58 pm, Krypsis <kryp...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> I have travelled extensively in SE Asia and have never felt the need to carry a
> weapon of any sort for defensive purposes.
> Krypsis



********ROTFLMAO.................A government minion (a tealady to
boot) travelling extensively in SE Asia???

I'd like to see that.

;-)
From: สับปะรด on 30 Jan 2010 06:36
grace(a)lovesthailand.org wrote:
> I try to avoid violence, but I think even I would have been provoked by
> this. Doesn't justify killing the German, but his actions seem to have
> played a big part in this.
>
Isn't it true that carrying a knife or a gun and using it in a dispute
always comprises the risk of killing a person?
I mean no one here has the full story.
The old German guy would surely tell us another story if he had survived
that incident.
But what a dumb behavior from both man. A wise head would have given in.


peace
From: none on 30 Jan 2010 09:21
A German national recently died after being stabbed by a Thai man as a
result of a minor traffic incident. Police have apprehended the
murderer who pleads he acted in self defence.

Phuket, the 30th of January 2010 [PDN]: Wolf-Dieter Kesselheim [66] a
German national, living in Phuket for the last 2 years, was stabbed to
death after Mr. Pittaya Srijitraporn [32] and two of his teenage
cousins, riding a motorbike, allegedly cut him off in his pickup. The
incident occurred outside the Chalong Police Station but a chase
continued as a result of the incident for a further few hundred
meters, ending in a fatal confrontation.



Allegedly, Mr. Kesselheim had become enraged over the minor traffic
incident, chasing after the trio on their motorbike shouting and
honking his horn for several hundred meters up the Viset Road, heading
towards Rawai, Phuket. Mr. Srijitraporn explained that he decided to
pull over to talk to Mr. Kesselheim, alleging that when he emerged
from the pickup he appeared to be severely intoxicated and unwilling
to talk the incident through. Mr. Kesselheim then allegedly punched
Mr. Srijitraporn in the face and put him in a headlock. At this point
Mr. Srijitraporn revealed that he had stabbed Mr. Kesselheim in the
torso out of self defence, explaining that the much bigger man had
overpowered him to the point he feared for his life.



Mr. Srijitraporn, a tourist photographer operating around the Kata
Viewpoint, continues to maintain that he acted in self-defence and
that his two teenage cousins were not involved in the altercation. He
has also admitted to cutting-off Mr. Kesselheim whilst riding home
with his two cousins, which appears to be the cause for the preceding
fatal altercation. Mr. Srijitraporn is also believed to have said that
he was unaware that Mr. Kesselheim had died as a result of the
stabbing, as he had left the scene immediately following his release
from the headlock that Mr. Kesselheim had him in.

On Saturday, Chalong police, led by Phuket Provincial Commander Pekad
Tantipong conducted a re-enactment of the fatal altercation at the
crime scene. At present whilst investigations and procedures are
ongoing the deceased body of Mr. Kesselheim is being kept at the
Chalong temple pending funeral arrangements.
From: Adder on 31 Jan 2010 07:40

"none" <oplegg(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9ef6ccc5-49a0-4df8-8b11-01cd0108403b(a)o28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> Phuket Expat Killing: Sea Eagles Man Charged
>
> By Sert Tongdee
> Friday, January 29, 2010
> Photo Album Above
>
> A 32-YEAR-OLD man, well known by tourists for his work seeking
> photographs with sea eagles at Kata Viewpoint on Phuket, has confessed
> to knifing a German expat in an incident of road rage.



Why is it that every crime in Thailand is followed a day or so later by a
"confession" and a media circus?

Do the Thai police have some magical powers that enable them to solve crimes
instantly?

Does the fact that the "confessed" criminal has to answer questions from the
media ever give anybody any cause for concern about the possibility of his
chances of a fair trial being compromised?

Or is it just me....????


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