On Wednesday the Region 2 Provincial Court of Appeals in Rayong province, near Pattaya, upheld the conviction and death sentence of Australian Luke Joshua Cook, his Thai wife Kanyarat Wediphitak and a Californian man, Tyler Gerard.
All three were arrested in December 2017 on multiple criminal charges, of which the formal accusation was “the failed importation of 500kg of methamphetamine by sea-going transport into the Thai Kingdom using the yacht “Jomandy”.
The yacht was acquired by Cook and Kanyarat from Malaysia using their unlicensed boat importation business “Global Marine Solution”, which according to police was specifically for unlawful operations funded by deceased senior Hells Angels member Wayne Rodney Schneider.
According to the Court during May and June 2015, Cook and Gerard took the Jomandy from a marina near Pattaya City to rendezvous with a Chinese vessel in international waters, where the drugs were loaded onto the yacht. En route back to the marina, navy vessels on routine patrol approached them and they dumped the cargo overboard. It eventually washed ashore where it was discovered by locals.
The plan was reportedly to store the narcotics temporarily in Thailand while a custom keel was built for the Jomandy where the drugs were to be concealed while yacht sailed to Australia.
In December 2015, Cook and Gerard were arrested and pleaded guilty to the abduction, death and burial of Schneider which dominated local Pattaya press at the time.
A man named Antonio Bagnato was also arrested, but he denied the charges and was ultimately sentenced to three years for assault, after a successful appeal against the death sentence issued by a lower court.
The Court of Appeals handed down the decision on Wednesday based on evidence and witness testimonies such as that given by the man who purchased the Jomandy from Cook, for substantially less than what Cook paid – suspicious, since Cook was in the business of importing used boats into Thailand for a profit, not a loss. Additionally, Cook and the two accused denied any wrongdoing with no credible evidence to support their defense and claimed they had been framed by two of the prosecution witnesses, one of whom they claimed had rented the Jomandy from Cook and undertaken the failed meth importation.
This was deemed impossible by the court as witness was shown by foreign and Thai authorities to have been in another country when the crime was committed. Court officials said this confirmed that the accused knew of the crime and were attempting to frame someone else.
Bagnato, Cook and his wife are currently in a Thai prison awaiting a trial date for charges relating to illegal firearms, one military grade, discovered in police raids after Schneider’s body was discovered.
All three have denied the firearms charges, but investigators say Cook and his wife will likely be convicted as the firearms were found in his hotel room and a rental vehicle whose keys he possessed when arrested in December 2015.
Senior Thai officials gone on record calling Cook and his wife con artists and compulsive liars, citing the couple’s claim that they never had any dealings or contact with the Hells Angels. A Facebook conversation from Cook’s smartphone with his wife where they together reference Hells Angels members arrested by Pol Lt Gen Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn.
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12 responses to “Court of Appeals death sentence for methamphetamine smuggling and Hells Angel motorcycle club member murder”
I’m 67 yrs old would love to join the angels in virginia
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GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS SONNY FOR HIS VISION THAT GAVE MANY LIFE LOVE AND RESPECT THANK U SONNY AND THROTTLE. GINA. L
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John 3:16 “For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish,but have eternal life. “Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. “But God, being rich in mercy,because of his great love with which he loves us.”He himself shows mercy on others who repent and learn to rely on God.ITS JESUS CHRIST BLOOD THAT CLEARLY CLEANSES US FROM ALL SINS.
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81 FOREVER Johnie O
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Bullshit
Sonny Sorry But Lost the Vision
Brother it’s Not About You Or Me It’s About A Biker Nation or World#
I Am A Combat Vet
I Swore A Oath To My Nation I FUCKING Fought And Lost Brothers and Sisters.
You Want My Respect or My Love.
Earn It!!
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By the Way From A S.Y.L.O. Suppor.
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Go 1%, screw the f’n pigs, biggest gang of thugs and cons there is
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Albert Jackman rules
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My condolecent to the family and friends from hell angels
SINCERLY
LA. COLOMBIANA.
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Love and prayers go to you all and what you do.
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I have to explain you wouldn’t understand
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Got to give to the ftw crew. I miss that life style so much. Ever since i went down and lost my bike back in the 90s. You all ride free, ride safe, and god bless you. PEACE.
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I am assuming most of these accusations are false in all means. Their has been a rain of terror consistantly amongst the Hell’s Angels. Your visions towards these men veterans fathers brothers sisters have been so incriminating and offensive towards them. It honestly is disgusting if you understand a code of life which you take and choose to protect woman and children. Yet the government has no jurisdiction to control the problems consisting on are own home land. Let alone you give pediphials and rapest 4 years to 5 years and you give these men max sentencing. Well in regards to the drugs that floated to shore their is no incriminating evidence that the drugs where on the boat. Let alone someone could have set them up, due to the facts of the search and seizure did not come up with any evidence. So in turn did you set them up for another charge just in order to seize all vehicles personal possession and such forth. Just because a person Who rides a motorcycle or in any MC does not give you the right to judge no one. At all that is considered discrimination slander also there right to freedom. You prosecuted them to the fullest but you let a rapest or pediphial walk in 4. Under our constitutional laws and declaration of laws. If the government does not meet nor accel in a matter to the rules that where written by our great four fathers we shall have the right to reprimand the government. And in turn on that means that the Navy Marine’s Army Air Force Coast Gaurd plus our veterans who have served this country with honor and respect. Have all right to remove them from office and create a More Unified staff that shall represent the United States. As I speak for all MC we are all human we all bleed the same. I do believe In all my beliefs the world we all live on we all breathe the same air. Accept for you to give a max penalty is un. called for in any manner. Let alone the government guards the opium fields over sees which in turn you yourself are guilty for exposing this country to the epidemic of heroin. Now in turn I do believe if you are giving them max penalty. Locks yourself up also speaking for our troops over seas remove them and bring them home for their families.
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