News Forum - South African’s life sentence reduced to 33 years for drug trafficking in Thailand

[Thaiger]

Koh Samui Court decided to reduce 23 year old Ashley Oosthuizen’s life sentence to 33.4 years at a hearing on Wednesday. Ashley – from South Africa – is behind bars at a prison in Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand for signing for a package containing MDMA at a restaurant in Koh Samui in late 2020. She was found guilty of international drug trafficking. The court initially sentenced Ashley to death and later reduced the sentence to life. Ashley’s mother Lynn said her sentence was reduced further on Wednesday… “We found out that we misunderstood the meaning of life […]

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[Fanta]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Ashley’s father Andre said the prison has made a new application available which makes it possible to send letters and photos back and forth more often.

The app is LINE and she should get 2 x 10 minute calls a week. She has been in for 2 years already so best chance is probably 10 to go before she is granted an individual Royal Pardon and can go home. She will be eligible for general amnesties (sentence commutations) in another 6 years but they won’t help much - maximum 25% reduction of overall sentence. No parole because she is a foreigner. Doubt the boyfriend will send her any cash. Want to help her? Send her an old book you have laying around - English language books are not plentiful in the monkey house but boredom is. 

[HolyCowCm]

Well little dear Ash(ley) is still burned. What a waste of a life. Not so sure MDMA is such a bad thing though, and maybe not a bad thing for these elite or power hungry regime people to try it sometime to get some sort of compassion towards their fellow human beings. Throw in some mushrooms for them too. Not that I condone it, it just sounds like a good mind altering thing they all need..

[Venusianhart]

Absolute travesty of justice. 

This would have gone nowhere in a country with rule of law. 

Even so, this sentence for a non violent drug offence is absurd. 

Three years including remand would be fair for a first offender. Not that this case holds much water to begin with. 

[Wanderer]

1 hour ago, Venusianhart said:

Absolute travesty of justice. 

This would have gone nowhere in a country with rule of law. 

Even so, this sentence for a non violent drug offence is absurd. 

Three years including remand would be fair for a first offender. Not that this case holds much water to begin with. 

True and a waste of a life. 

But she admits (unless I've misread it) that she knew what he was up to. She also knew what in Thailand anything connecting you to drugs leads to. What's done is done, I just hope she doesn't have to do the full term. 

 

[Boddown]

Every day here there is always news that makes me wonder how much crazier it can get here but every day they never let me down but then the rest of the world is not far far behind now too.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

22 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Tristan had previously worked as a teacher in a school in Koh Samui and claimed he had been shipping drugs into the school for years.

Sick F***

[Cabra]

Death sentence, then life behind bars, now 33 years... With time served, and the chance at early release for good behavior, at least there is a bit more light at the end of the tunnel. 

[perceblue]

Something I have said and keep saying, especially for us foreigners living in Thailand:

keep your head down, smile and don`t get involved in everything here.

Very sad, such a beautiful young woman. She`ll be an old woman when released, that if, if she survives this.

[Thaidup]

Obviously Tristin should man up and take responsibility by coming back to Thailand, but he won't, drug traffickers in general only care about the money or the high, he will let her die in a Thai jail.