British-Thai actress Anna Reese leaves negotiations at the Prawet Police Station over a cash settlement to the family of a police officer she killed June 26.
BANGKOK — A British-Thai actress who killed a Bangkok police officer with her Mercedes walked out of talks with his family on Saturday, refusing to pay the restitution asked for.
Two months after tearfully telling the public she was “prepared to help the family … in any way,” Anna Hambawaris, better known as Ann Reese, said she would not pay the 6.2 million baht asked by the family of Police Lt. Naphadol Wongbundit, according to Police Lt.Col. Pasit Saichonsak.
“The settlement has not been reached,” Anna said as she walked out of the four-hour meeting at the Prawet Police Station. “There will be further meetings.”
Under the proposed terms, Pasit said Naphadol’s wife, Chanthana Wongbundit, asked Anna to pay 6.2 million baht, 1.2 million baht of which Anna’s insurance had already agreed to cover. For her part, Anna said she would not pay the other 5 million baht and instead offered 2 million baht.
“Since they cannot agree on the compensation, we have arranged them to meet again on 22 August at 1 pm” Pasit said.
Chantana said she believed 6.2 million baht was “reasonable,” factoring in her husband’s 15 years on the police force and loss of future earnings to support her two young children and parents.
“Ms. Anna says she will only pay 2 million baht, which I think is unreasonable,” Chanthana said.
On June 26 Anna slammed her Mercedes into the rear end of Naphadol’s police car, which was parked alongside a road in Bangkok’s Prawet district, killing the 44-year-old cop.