Aussie, Thai wife sentenced to death in drug case

The lawyer for an Australian man and his Thai wife sentenced to death in a drug smuggling case says he intends to appeal their conviction.

Luke Cook, 34, of Perth, and Kanyarat Wechapitak, 40, were convicted this week in a Bangkok court in connection with a 2015 plot to smuggle about $300 million worth of crystal methamphetamine into Thailand and then on to Australia.

Full story: Bangkok Post

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