Man gets life over death of MP's mother
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced a man to life for allegedly being involved in the death of former Democrat MP Khomkhai Ponlaboot's mother, who died in an explosion while driving her husband's car in 1997.
Evidence showed that Kanokphon or Saneh Yiamsawas, alias Nhe C4, and his accomplices had planted bombs in the vehicle because they wanted to assassinate the victim’s husband, Sanit Fuangprayoon.
The Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s verdict in which Kanokphon was found guilty of attempted murder and manslaughter, though he was spared the death sentence because he confessed.
In a separate lawsuit, former Democrat MP Sittiporn Kham-aj and former Loei councillor Ekasit Yoosuk were found guilty for being behind the plot and were given life sentences.
Kanokphon has also been convicted in another murder case, in which he was found guilty of collaborating in the murder of Somsri or Rin Boonmeun, a vendor in Bang Khae area. In 2007, the Court of Appeals handed down a life-imprisonment sentence for Somsri’s murder.
