Mom Lukpla jailed for poisoning prince, Appeal Court overruled

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Mom Lukpla jailed for poisoning prince, Appeal Court overruled

Published: 18 Aug 2012 at 00.00
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The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Chalasai Kwanthiti, or Mom Lukpla, the wife of the late MC Thitiphan Yugala, to four years and eight months in prison for fatally poisoning her husband in 1995.

Chalasai Kwanthiti, or Mom Lukpla, former wife of the late MC Thitiphan Yugala, arrives at the Criminal Court to hear a verdict handed down by the Supreme Court. The highest court reversed the Appeal Court’s decision and sentenced her to four years and eight months in jail for poisoning MC Thitiphan, causing his death in 1995. SURAPOL PROMSAKA NA SAKOLNAKORN

The Supreme Court initially sentenced her to seven years in jail, but the sentence was reduced because of her confession.

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samut
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Discussion 22 : 20 Aug 2012 at 19.4522
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As we do not know the circumstances we can only make guesses we should not judge this women, who knows how her life has been confronted at the age of 14 years. Good that now are laws protecting minors.
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Discussion 21 : 18 Aug 2012 at 20.0921
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Besides DickFarang nobody seems to know and understand what all played a role. I wrote this morning about the details but the person in charge did not saw it fit to place it. The guy was old and the girl very young, he was doing something which is strongly forbidden nowadays. Sure murder is totally un-acceptable but the circumstances must count as well.
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Discussion 20 : 18 Aug 2012 at 19.5520
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'The Supreme Court yesterday looked into circumstantial evidence, including results of a lie detector test the defendant failed'

Maybe we could get all the police to take the lie detector test to see if they are corrupt or not.
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Discussion 19 : 18 Aug 2012 at 17.3119
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Sound like a premeditated first-degree murder, but the punishment sounds like a slap on the wrist to me.
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Discussion 18 : 18 Aug 2012 at 17.0918
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DickFarang, discussion 15 and 16, thank you so much for your valuable contributions here, sincerely appreciated. It once again underlines that, why, we should not rush to conclusions, comments, without knowing the facts - and knowing the facts is not always easy, given certain restrictions.
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Discussion 17 : 18 Aug 2012 at 14.5217
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I also found this:

“1995 Aug 21, In Thailand Prince Thitiphan Yugala (60) was poisoned by his new wife Chalasai Yugala (23), aka Luk Pla (Baby fish). He died after 8 days and Luk Pla ran off with Uthet Choopwa (19), a chestnut peddler. She had become his lover at 14 and wife at 23. In 2002 she was sentenced to 6 years in prison.”
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Discussion 16 : 18 Aug 2012 at 14.3616
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Really strange story.

She was adopted by that prince’s sister, became his servant at 4 years (!) and his common-law wife at 12 years (!).
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Discussion 15 : 18 Aug 2012 at 14.0015
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for those wondering about the length of time and lightness of sentence, it is amazing that it went through at all, and probably she will receive the royal pardon. If you check the title preceding her name, it is not Mrs or Ms, it is Mom, and her husband was not Mr. You are on your own to figure out what that means.
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Discussion 14 : 18 Aug 2012 at 13.2814
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post 9 Klauss, sentences have gone up considerably, I remember former cases when a wife killed husband and mia noi and claiming mitigating circumstances that the family was at rik as the husband was the breadwinner. Many walked without being sentenced.......
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Discussion 13 : 18 Aug 2012 at 11.3513
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Justice delayed is...
@ klauss, discussion 2, upena, discussion 3, dao, discussion 10, the court - no: this court - apparently does NOT consider this a case of murder. You may call it murder, but then, you are not lawyers, judges - fortunately.
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