The Last Executioner by Chavoret Jaruboon & Nicola Pierce

Author:Chavoret Jaruboon & Nicola Pierce [Jaruboon, Chavoret & Pierce, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: prison, Thailand, bangkok, Death Row, Death Penalty, rape, True Crime, Corruption, Biography, sexual assault
ISBN: 9781908518019
Publisher: Maverick Publishing Ltd
Published: 2011-07-05T23:00:00+00:00

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I am constantly asked about Ginggaew. She didn’t think she deserved to die because she never physically harmed the child, not fully understanding that she was liable as an accomplice. She didn’t get on with the couple; then they fired up and there was some discrepancy over her last wage packet. She wasn’t highly educated and felt aggrieved over how she had been treated. She had minded their son for two months and formed a close attachment to him, and was perhaps even angry at being separated from him. So, unfortunately, she poured out her anger to her boyfriend who was an ex-con. She was also having an affair with Pin, who was married to Thongsuk, who received life imprisonment. He was a bad seed through and through. It was such a shame that Ginggaew ever got mixed up with him. His plot had led directly and indirectly to the deaths of four persons, including his own. At 28 he had a wife and a girlfriend—some women just like the dangerous types I suppose. If she had confided in a decent person she might have been merely encouraged to find a better job. Instead, her boyfriend came up with the kidnapping plan—which was to go completely awry beside the train tracks on that dark, awful night.

She was executed by a summary order, issued by Prime Minister Thanin. This meant that there was no opportunity to build up a defence and appeal for leniency in a court room. She was sentenced to death by the government and that was it. If you asked me whether I agreed with this I would have to say no. I think if it had had gone to court it would have resulted in her being sentenced to life imprisonment.

She didn’t kill the boy; she became part of something that was completely out of her control and experience. She was guilty of kidnapping but a lawyer would have pointed out how she was badly kicked when she tried to protect the boy, and how she was treated by her employers in the first place. I suppose the government had to make an example of her, to warn any other domestics against this behaviour. We still have a few cases today of servants assaulting or killing their employers because they are being badly treated. At the end of the day you have to respect others. The case got widespread coverage because of the child, and the government probably felt they had to be seen to respond as efficiently as possible.

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