Supreme Court upholds 25-year term against Kamnan Poh
The Supreme Court Monday upheld the 25year jail term to Somchai "Kamnan Poh" Khunploem, 73, and former member of the Chon Buri's Saensuk Municipality Council Passakorn Homhuan, 44, for masterminding the murder of Tambon Tha Samet Kamnan Prayoon Sitthic
Since the two defendants failed to show up at the Monday verdict reading, the Supreme Court read the verdict in their absence and issued arrest warrants for them.
On June 21, 2004, the Criminal Court sentenced the two men to 25 years each in jail after finding them guilty of hiring gunmen for Bt3 million to kill Prayoon. The Criminal Court ordered Somchai to serve the murder case's jail term, after completion of the fiveyearandfourmonth jail term given to him in another ruling for the corruption over a purchase of public land in Tambon Khao Mai Kaew to build a garbage landfill. The duo then appealed for the lawsuit dismissal claiming they were innocent and had no previous dispute with Prayoon. The Appeal Court on Oct 12, 2006 upheld the Criminal Court's verdict, prompting the duo to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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