Former policeman jailed 38 years for firing RPG rocket at Defence Ministry

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011
Former policeman jailed 38 years for firing RPG rocket at Defence Ministry

The Criminal Court Tuesday sentenced a former policeman from Sakaew to 38 years in jail after convicting him in firing an RPG rocket at the headquarters of the Defence Ministry last year.

 

The court ruled that public prosecutors had strong evidences and convincing witnesses to prove that Pol Lance Corporal Banthit Sitthithoom, 44, in firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the Defence Ministry on March 20 last year.
The court convicted Banthit in five counts of charges and sentenced him to a total of 38-year imprisonment.
The Nation