Former Songkhla PAO mayor sentenced to death for murder

The Appeals Court has overturned the acquittal verdict by the lower court for the former mayor of Songkhla provincial administration organization and four accomplices charged with the murder of former Songkhla mayor.
Mr Uthit Chuchuey and three other alleged gunmen were found guilty of shooting to death Mr Pira Tantiseranee, former Songkhla mayor, by the Appeals Court and sentenced to death. Uthit’s younger brother, Mr Kitti, was given life imprisonment.

Earlier, the lower court acquitted the five defendants claiming insufficient evidence to convict them as charged.

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