Posted on 06/11/2021 9:58:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
A BRIT accused of murdering a prostitute in Bangkok before fleeing to Spain is to be extradited to Thailand.
Shane Looker, 51, picked up Laxami Manochat, 31, on the second night of his holiday in Thailand and her dismembered body was found in a suitcase.
Laxami Manochat's body was found in a suitcaseCredit: ViralPress
Shane Looker has been accused of her murderCredit: ViralPress
Looker was seen on CCTV with LaxamiCredit: Collect
CCTV footage from the Hot Lips bar in the Nana Plaza - a sprawling three-storey complex of bars - allegedly showed him leaving with Laxami, whose nickname was 'Pook'.
Her body was found stuffed into a suitcase dumped in a river 95 miles away in Kanchanaburi province on November 9, 2014.
Cops began searching for Looker but he allegedly later fled across the country's southern border with Malaysia before returning to his home in Ibiza, where he is said to have owned a hotel.
Looker has said that he denies the allegation that he murdered Laxami.
Spanish police arrested Looker, from Stoke, in June 2017 and he was remanded in custody amid legal struggles to have him sent to Thailand where prosecutors had built a case against him.
The Spanish High Court ruled in July 2017 that he should be extradited but Looker's legal team lodged a series of appeals in 2018 and 2019.
The European Court of Human Rights sitting in Strasbourg has now ruled that Looker should be extradited from Spain to face justice in Thailand.
Judges cited extensive case files submitted by the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok which allege Looker was the man who had murdered Laxami.
Thai authorities have also reportedly offered assurances required under EU law that Looker will not face the death penalty or be mistreated.
Ruling on the case, top EU judges also slammed allegedly deliberate attempts by Looker's legal team to delay the case through a series of appeals.
The court claimed Looker's could not succeed on the basis of “failure to exhaust domestic remedies”.
Carrion Luggage Pingy!.......................
Hate when that happens...
Headline editor was asleep at the wheel.
The Brits have a different view on English than we do....................
That headline was confusing... I thought the murderer of the prostitute was found stuffed in a suitcase. I guess that was just wishful thinking...
Bet he looked at her and said to himself “I’d sure like to get a piece of that”
The Hot Lips bar. LOL. Sally Kellerman approves.
I thought the suitcase was going to be extradited.
I’m supposing they must at least have something to connect him to the luggage used, Or the possession of knives up to the task.
It makes a hard man humble…
> Thai authorities have also reportedly offered assurances required under EU law that Looker will not face the death penalty or be mistreated. <
Then again, Looker could get himself Epstein-ized. I guess it depends on how many Thai officials were fond of that prostitute.
“Hate when that happens...”
Not me.
It’s an eye for an eye.../
Maybe, but a single comma would make a difference.
and the suitcase was to be extradited. Must be pretty stinky by now.
Going out on a limb after reading the headline that it is the killer and not the prostitute who is being extradited.
No happy ending I guess...
The obsession with fighting against the death penalty when a pure evil act is carried out is disgusting. This animal should have been immediately sent to Thailand and executed.
Looker Hooker Snookered.
No comma ...
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