Thailand Bail provided legal representation and legal advice for Nastya Rybka (real name Anastasia Vashukevich) and Alex Lesley (real name Aleksandr Kirillov) during their criminal trial in the Pattaya Provincial Court. Since early 2018, Nastya and Alex, as well as 6 other Russians and Belarusians, faced up to 20 years in prison for 3 separate criminal charges in Thailand. Facing 20 years in a Thai prison is challenging, but the result was extremely positive, with Nastya, Alex, and the other 6 having their cases ended on 15 January 2019 after arranging a plea deal that saw them plead guilty to all charges. The resulting sentence was time served, and they were quickly deported, having just left today, 17 January 2019, less than 48 hours after having been sentenced.

Thailand Bail has experience dealing with complicated cases such as this one. There were many major players involved in the case, and the media was closely following this case. Thailand Bail does not normally reveal any details about the clients we represent, but since this case has already been written about widely in international media, and the case is over and the defendants have left Thailand, we have published this quick post.

We encourage you to read more about this case in order to understand the severity of the charges. Nastya Rybka and Alex Leslie could have been sent to prison for 20 years, but a strategic criminal defense approach saw them serve only the time they spent in prison leading up to 15 January 2019. Whilst spending a little less than one year in detention in Thailand is not an enjoyable activity, considering the severity of the charges as well as the major players involved, all 8 defendants are very happy with the resulting sentence, as they are now on a plane back home to Belarus and Russia.

If you have a complicated criminal case in Pattaya, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Phuket, or elsewhere in Thailand, contact Thailand Bail for some free advice about how best to proceed, so you can also avoid a serious jail term in Thailand.