Kamnan Poh jail term confirmed
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The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the 25-year jail term for Somchai "Kamnan Poh" Khunplome, 73, and Passakorn Homhuan, 44, a former member of Chon Buri's Saensuk Municipal Council, for masterminding the murder of Tambon Tha Samet Kamnan Prayoon Sitthicho
Since the two defendants failed to show up for the reading of the verdict yesterday, the Supreme Court read its ruling 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 jail term, after completing a five-year-and-four-month sentence given to him in another ruling for corruption in the purchase of public land in Tambon Khao Mai Kaew to build a garbage landfill.
The pair appealed for the case to be dismissed, claiming they were innocent and had no previous dispute with Prayoon. The Appeal Court on October 12, 2006 upheld the Criminal Court verdict, prompting the pair to appeal to the Supreme Court.
