Krabi Court sentences six men to death for the execution-style murders of family of 8

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Krabi Court sentences six men to death for the execution-style murders of family of 8

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Krabi Provincial Court on Wednesday sentenced “Bang Fut” and five other convicts to death for the execution-style murders of eight members of a family that shocked the nation last year.

 

The ruling by the court was witnessed by the Royal Thai Police commissioner Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda at the court room packed with families of the victims and the defendants, and amid tight police guards outside the courtroom where over a hundred people gathered to hear the court’s judgement.

 

Sentenced to death was Bang Fut or Surifath Bannopwongsakul, 42, the mastermind behind the murders of Krabi village head Worayuth Sunglung and seven of his family members on July 10 last year.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/krabi-court-sentences-six-men-death-execution-style-murders-family-8/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-03-28

[InMyShadow]

Use a knife. Animals don't deserve the cost of a bullet

[InfinityandBeyond]

6 hours ago, InMyShadow said:

Use a knife. Animals don't deserve the cost of a bullet

Thailand uses lethal injection now. But if I am not mistaken, executions have not taken place for some time now. In any case, I agree. Save the money and let them rot on death row. 

[brewsterbudgen]

Thailand uses lethal injection now. But if I am not mistaken, executions have not taken place for some time now. In any case, I agree. Save the money and let them rot on death row. 

The last one was in 2009 when two Thai drug traffickers were executed by lethal injection.

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Six men sentenced to death over Krabi execution-style killings

By SITTICHAI SIKHAWAT 
THE NATION

 

 

THE Krabi Provincial Court yesterday handed down the death penalty to six men for the shocking massacre of a village head and seven of his family members, including three children.

 

The brutal killings occurred at the victims’ home in Krabi province last July. Three people survived the execution-style attack.

 

National police commissioner Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda came to the courtroom to listen to the verdict in the high-profile case. 

 

The public was shocked last year to learn that Worayuth Sunglung, a village headman in Ao Luek district, had been shot in the head along with relatives after being held hostage for hours. 

 

Shortly after the killings, police arrested eight suspects including Surifath Bannopwongsakul, also known as “Bang Fath”. All of the suspects were prosecuteded. 

 

Surifath reportedly had a dispute with Worayuth after he failed to return land-title deeds to the latter. Worayuth had initially submitted the deeds as collateral for a loan, but after Worayuth repaid his debts, Surifath did not return the documents. 

 

 

Both men had threatened each other over the issue several times before the massacre occurred. 

 

Krabi Provincial Court yesterday convicted Surifath and five other defendants of the massacre, with all of them sentenced to death. Two other defendants, one of them a woman, received jail terms for more minor roles in the crime.

 

Tawatchai Boonkong was convicted just of intrusion into a private property and stealing valuables of the deceased. He received a 19-month jail term. 

 

Chalita Sangkhachart, the only female defendant in the case, was sentenced to 12 months in jail for hiding the valuables stolen from Vorayuth’s wife, who died in the massacre. 

 

Six defendants convicted of the killings were also ordered to pay Bt60,000 in compensation each year, for a certain period of time, to eight plaintiffs. 

 

Anchalee Prikdam, who survived the massacre, said she was satisfied with the verdict. 

 

Worayuth’s father-in-law, Jaree Butrterb, said he would consult with relatives before deciding whether to appeal or to file civil lawsuits against the convicts for financial compensation. 

 

Kriangsak Saraphi, a lawyer for the defendants, said his clients were upset. 

 

“We will definitely file an appeal,” he said. 

 

While capital sentences are not infrequent in Thailand, the last execution was more than 10 years ago.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30341975

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-29

[manarak]

if only they could carry out the sentences quicker for cases like this one...

[gwynt]

The scary thing is that they believed they are above tge law and could get away with it.

[nahkit]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Kriangsak Saraphi, a lawyer for the defendants, said his clients were upset. 

Got to be the understatement of the year.

[phil2407]

7500 baht each year for all of the 8 over  “numerous years “ 

good luck ? getting that if they’re in the nick 

Edited March 29, 2018 by phil2407
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[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Will these guys be let out on bail while they appeal their death sentences?

 

It's happened before here, amazingly enough. In this case, I suspect not. But the fact that it happens in ANY life in prison or death penalty convictions here is AMAZING!!!

 

And curiously, none of the above news reports mention the detention status of the suspects, that they were being held in jail or prison somewhere, nor do they say anything about bail. Absolutely nothing on their status.

 

 

 

Edited March 29, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[pieeyed]

In cases such as this one the death penalty should be carried out.