Four defendants agree to stop the legal battle that had raged for six years in the house.
PUBLISHED: 7 Does 2024 at 15: 32
Four people were given a nine-month prison sentence after allegedly occupying a house in Bangkok for more than six years, but the sentences were suspended by the court.
Sriwan Samakkhee, Nittaya Samakhee, Pholkrit Thongkham, Malee Kinnoi, and Nittaya Samakhee were given a time in prison and each was fined$ 20,000 each for trespass, robbery, and unlawfully occupying a home owned by a guy known simply as Hemmathas, according to the Min Buri Criminal Court on Tuesday.
The jury, however, reduced the words to nine months and the charges to 11, 000 baht each after the four pleaded guilty. Because they were first criminals and because of their years, which were not disclosed, the words were suspended for two years.
When it first appeared in Thai advertising earlier this year, the scenario was the center of attention.
In the Khannayao city, Mr. Hemmathas purchased the townhouse in Ramindra Soi 58 in 1991 without residing there. He gave it to his brother, known simply as Sun, as a wedding present next month.
The tenants, who are the victim’s neighborhood, seized the property in 2017 and yet renovated it after moving in.
Last year, the brother was denied entry to the property because he had previously been there. Because the house’s operator left it unattended, the plaintiffs claimed they had taken control of it.
Adverse possession,  , commonly known as” squatters ‘ rights”, is made possible when a person acquires ownership of a property if the person has, for an uninterrupted period of 10 years, “peacefully and openly” possessed property belonging to another with the intention of being its owner.
After their shocking deed was widely reported in the media, the government was under a lot of pressure to support the occupants. After the promotion began to affect her home, one of them committed murder in February.
The woman’s name was given to the prosecution, but after her death, the prosecution dropped her from the situation.
Before the court’s decision on Tuesday, the accused agreed to pay Mr. Hemmathas a million baht as recompense for their unlawful activity.
The accused did not file an appeal against the decision, according to Amnuayporn Maneewan, a plaintiff’s attorney.
Following the hearing, the wife of Mr. Hemmathas ‘ nephew, who is only known as Sarocha, claimed that the ruling may serve as a lesson to any improper owner that their transgressions must be punished.
Squatting in another person’s estate should not be treated as ordinary in society, she added.