Killer of Novotel cashier gets life

BANGKOK: -- A ex-Border Police officer Thursday received a life sentence for murdering his Bangkok hotel coworker on March 27 and stealing some Bt500,000 of the hotel's money that she was transporting.

Bangkok's Phra Khanong court also ordered Phakhinai Janwiman, 47, who was working as a chauffeur at Novotel Bang Na Hotel, to pay Bt1.4 million compensation to the family of his victim, hotel financial officer Sukanda Mekloy.

The victim's father said he would appeal the sentence, as it was too light for what Phakhinai did to his daughter.

At 10am, the court read the guilty verdict against Phakhinai for murder, robbery leading to death, and concealing a corpse.

-- The Nation 2007-12-27

Scumbag.

Yes, agreed, and he's ex-Border Patrol, so it's not hard to imagine what he may have done to Burmese and Cambodians with impunity.

Glad they caught him, during the initial questioning, he fled the next day and wasn't found for some time as I recall.