A court in Gujarat, India has convicted 31 Hindus of murdering 33 Muslims during a race riot by burning down the building they were sheltering in. The convicts were given life sentences, while lack of evidence saw more than 40 others cleared. The case dates back to 2002, when a train caught fire and 60 […]
Bangkok – A Thai court on Thursday sentenced a Spanish woman to life in prison for attempting to smuggle 2.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine out of the country. The Bangkok Criminal Court initially handed Maria Nieves Garcia Alcaraz, 52, the death sentence but commuted it to life imprisonment because Alcaraz pleaded guilty. Monsters and Critics
Serial killer Somkid Pumpoung Monday was sentenced to life for the June 2005 murder of a cafe singer in Trang’s Muang district. At the Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court, the public prosecutor said that Somkid, 42, who allegedly robbed and killed five sex workers, strangled Patcharee Amataniran and made off with her Bt1,000 mobile phone and Bt2,000 […]
A 23-yr-old member of the Akha hill tribe in Northern Thailand has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of British music teacher and composer David Crisp. Awe Ye Piang, was sentenced by the Chiang Mai provincial court in Northern Thailand, but two other hill tribe men who were involved have still not yet […]
The parents of a 28-year-old woman from Bacolod City who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Thailand asked government officials on Friday to help their daughter. Nede and Florentino Talaban appealed to Bacolod City and Negros Occidental officials to help them seek the release of their daughter Flory May. “We are helpless and clueless on […]
THE hitman who murdered a disabled divorcee on the orders of her ex-husband may die in prison after being jailed for life on Wednesday. Paul Cryne, 62, would have served at least 32 years – the same as the man who hired him, Graham Birchwood – but a judge at the Old Bailey reduced his […]
