Man gets death for child's rape, murder on train
The Appeals Court yesterday upheld the lower court's death sentence for child killer Wanchai Saengkhao.
Wanchai, 23, raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl on an overnight train bound for Bangkok on July 5 last year. He was an employee on the train at the time.
The verdict was read out at Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin Provincial Court.
Wanchai, who was in court to hear the verdict, can lodge an appeal within 30 days.
He had asked for a lighter sentence, claiming he confessed and had repented.
But the Appeals Court said the case could have been prosecuted without his confession.
It found that he confessed because of the solid incriminating evidence.
Wanchai appeared indifferent to proceedings throughout the 20-minute reading of the verdict.
Members of the victim’s family and extended family said they were content with the ruling.
The girl was sleeping in her berth on the train when Wanchai attacked her. He threw her off the train while she was still alive.
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