The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning read the verdicts and sentences to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in three cases that he had been tried for and convicted in absentia.

Conwoman Monta “Ying Kai” Yokratanakan’s latest jail term of seven years and six months this week over a lese majeste charge means that the 61-year-old will have to serve a total combined sentence of “17 years and 12 months” (in legal language) when previous court judgements are taken into account.