Drug defendant escapes from court
published : 25 Apr 2024 at 12:18
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chakrapan Natanri
Police were hunting down a defendant in a drug case who escaped while being taken to a prison vehicle at Khon Kaen provincial court on Wednesday night.
The escapee was Ratchaphon Khiannok, police said on Thursday.
Security camera recordings showed Ratchaphon, still wearing anklecuffs, climbing quickly over the court fence at 5.11pm. Two people, one believed to be his wife, were waiting for him with a motorcycle.
Ratchaphon fled with one of them on the motorcycle, heading towards Prachasamosorn Road, police said. The escapee was still wearing his prison uniform.
Local media reported the woman had been detained.
Police were searching for Ratchaphon.
Vocabulary
- anklecuffs (n): a pair of connected metal rings that can be locked onto the legs of a prisoner โซ่ตรวน -
- defendant: someone who has been accused of a crime and is on trial - จำเลย
- detained: kept in a place and not allowed to leave - กักตัว ควบคุมตัวหรือฝากขัง
- escapee (noun): a person who has escaped from somewhere - คนหลบหนี
- flee (past form: fled) (verb): to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger or consequences - หนี
- media: newspapers, television, radio, etc. - สื่อ
- uniform: the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organisation or a group at work, or by children at school - เครื่องแบบ
