Court Sentences Fraud Suspect to Nearly Five Years for Courtroom Escape
A Bangkok court sentenced a man to nearly five years in prison for helping a defendant escape from the Klong Prem Prison facility by obtaining a stolen ankle monitor key and providing civilian clothes during courtroom proceedings in Decembe
On July 21, 2569, the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road issued its judgment against defendant Prasit Chiaowkok and others, who were accused of helping another defendant escape during court proceedings. Prasit Chiaowkok was sentenced to 4 years and 12 months imprisonment. According to the court's findings, on December 22, 2565, the defendants conspired to steal an ankle monitor key from the Central Klong Prem Prison, a government facility operated by the Department of Corrections. The defendants planned and coordinated their actions: they obtained the key, provided civilian clothes (a blue short-sleeved shirt, jeans, socks, and shoes), and supplied 11,000 baht in cash to the escaping defendant. That same day at midday, the defendant requested permission to use the men's restroom on the ninth floor of the courtroom, then used the stolen key to remove the ankle monitor, changed into the provided clothes, and fled down to the third floor. The defendant was later apprehended the same day, and the provided clothing was recovered.
