A court has acquitted a man whose own brother accused him of defaming His Majesty the King.
The judgement, read out in the Bangkok Criminal Court on Friday, said there was not enough evidence to convict Yuthapoom Martnok of lese majeste, which is punishable by up to 15 years in jail.
His brother Thanawat was his only accuser, and other relatives had said Yuthapoom never insulted the monarch.
Yuthapoom has been imprisoned for a year and denied bail on national security grounds. He will be freed later Friday.
Yuthapoom's wife, Jongkon Kongthin, welcomed the verdict but called the time apart from her husband "torture".
"We had to live without happiness," she said. "The court has mercy and this has proven that justice does prevail."
Critics said the case was worrying because it showed how easily lese majeste laws could be abused.
The case was unusual not only because it pitted one brother's word against another, but because the alleged transgressions were said to have occurred in private, in their home.