Trial of Canadian murder suspect will be in Bangkok, not Phuket

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A suspect in a Phuket gangland murder, recently extradited from Canada, will be tried in Bangkok, the authorities have confirmed. According to a Phuket News report, Sermphan Sirikong, chief of the Phuket Provincial Police, says Matthew Dupre will stand trial in Bangkok, instead of at Phuket Provincial Court, on the island where the crime was committed.

 

Dupre, who arrived back in the kingdom on a Thai Air Force plane on Sunday, May 28, is currently being held in a Bangkok prison. He is charged with murdering Indian-Canadian gangland figure Jimi Sandhu, who was gunned down outside his Rawai villa after driving into the villa’s driveway and getting out of his car in February 2022.

 

Sermphan says that, while the crime took place in Phuket, it has wider links to international criminal activities.

 

By Peter Roche

Caption: PHOTO: Thai News Agency

 

Full Story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/trial-of-canadian-murder-suspect-will-be-in-bangkok-not-phuket/

 

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