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issue 3 02
3 October 2014
English Corner
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Glory, Glory?
REMEMBER! NO AWOL FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS!
swift
justice
railway murderer and rapist
sentenced to death
hua hin, THAILAND
For those of our readers who are used to the slow pace of the Thai legal
system, this week’s news that a former railway worker was sentenced
to death on Tuesday for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl on an
overnight train, throwing her body out of the train just south of Hua Hin,
will come as quite a surprise. As many will be aware, this horrific crime
occurred on 5th July, and the case was heard at the Hua Hin Provincial
Court.
The court found Wanchai Sangkhao, the first defendant in the case, guilty
of several counts. He was sentenced to death for murder, nine years in
jail for raping a girl under 15, five years in prison for stealing while on
public tranport vehicles at night, one year for hiding a body and six months
for drug abuse, with the most severe sentence prevailing. The court
rejected Wanchai’s claim for mercy because he had confessed in an act of
repentance. The court said Wanchai confessed because he had no choice
as the evidence against him was so strong, thus there were no grounds
for commutation of sentence. A second defendant, Nattakorn Chamnarn,
19, was charged as an accessory to the rape, which he confessed to when
interviewed by the police, but denied in court; he was sentenced to six
years in prison, with the penalty commuted by a third to four years for his
previous confession.
While the death penalty will not sit comfortably with many people, it is hard
to argue against it when faced with such an awful crime, not necessarily
as a deterrent to others, but simply because such an abhorrent individual
does not deserve to remain in this world.
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