Court upholds Ramkhamhaeng bomb jail sentences

Court upholds Ramkhamhaeng bomb jail sentences

The footpath and road at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 43/1 is littered with debris from damaged stalls after the bomb explosion on the night of May 26, 2013, that injured seven people. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The footpath and road at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 43/1 is littered with debris from damaged stalls after the bomb explosion on the night of May 26, 2013, that injured seven people. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld jail terms of 33 years and four months for four southern men found guilty of a bombing outside a beauty salon on Ramkhamhaeng Road, Bangkok, on May 26, 2013.

They are Affaham Sa-a, 28, Kamphi Latae and Ibroheng Vaemae, all Pattani residents, and Idris Sapator, 28, from Narathiwat province.

Public prosecutors initially charged them with attempted premeditated murder, dangerous bombing, illegal production and possession of explosives, and illegal transport of weapons in public.

They were convicted of placing a bomb at a garbage collection spot in front of the August beauty salon on Soi Ramkhamhaeng 43/1 on the night of May 26, 2013. The subsequent explosion injured seven people and caused damage of 402,000 baht to local stalls and buildings.

On March 20, 2015, the Criminal Court sentenced them to 50 years in jail for attempted premeditated murder and production and possession of explosives. It also fined them 60 baht each for carrying a weapon in public.

The sentences were commuted from life imprisonment and a fine of 90 baht because their testimony was useful.

On June 30, 2016, the Appeal Court found them guilty of using an explosive to kill others and sentenced them to 33 years and four months in prison, and upheld the fine.

The Supreme Court upheld the Appeal Court's ruling and ordered them to compensate the damaged parties.

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