Appeal Court upholds Belgian’s life sentence

Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday once again upheld the lower court’s decision to sentence a Belgian man to life in prison for transporting more than one kilogramme of cocaine from Brazil to Cambodia in 2018. The Supreme Court had referred the case to be retried at the Appeal Court.

Presiding Judge Sin Visal identified the accused as Tanguy Eddie J. Taller, 37, a freelance graphics designer.

Judge Visal said that Tanguy was sentenced on December 18, 2018 by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to a life term in prison. He was charged with “drug transport and trafficking” under Article 40 of the Cambodian Law on Drug Control.

He noted that on November 7 last year, the Supreme Court heard Tanguy’s appeal and transferred it to the Phnom Penh Appeal Court for retrial because there were gaps and some contradictory evidence in this case that were not examined and considered by the lower court. He added that Phnom Penh Appeal Court conducted Tanguy’s retrial in accordance with with the Supreme Court’s order.

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