Woman arrested in 2002 student assault case
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Crime Suppression Division police yesterday arrested a 28-year-old woman at her Khon Kaen home for allegedly joining six other senior students to beat up and maim a younger student in Samut Prakan province in 2002.
The arrest of Bang-on Saenglun stemmed from a September 3 complaint to the division by the victim Saifon Manoi, 26, who questioned the lack of progress in the case, arresting officer Lt-Colonel Torsak Panklinput said. The victim was left unable to walk after the incident.
Bang-on denied any wrongdoing, claiming she was at the scene but had no part in the attack. Police have charged her with assault and seriously injuring a person.
Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli police investigator Major Puwanart Kaenchan said other suspects had been arrested earlier, namely Sirinant Janda on May 6 and Matthariya Sudsawat on September 4. Puwanart said both had confessed and faced assault charges.
Torsak said Saifon told police that the four suspects connected to the case had surrendered to police in 2009 and the Samut Prakan Juvenile and Family Court had ordered them to each pay compensation of between Bt20,000 and Bt30,000 to the victim and had let them off with a warning as they were first-time offenders.
