Sek Loso gets 5 days' jail in temple shooting case

Sek Loso gets 5 days' jail in temple shooting case

Rocker Sek Loso, 44, accompanied by his girlfriend and his lawyer, arrives at the Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Court on Thursday morning to hear the judgement. He was sentenced to five days in jail for illegally carrying and discharging a firearm in public. His lawyer said he will appeal.(Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)
Rocker Sek Loso, 44, accompanied by his girlfriend and his lawyer, arrives at the Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Court on Thursday morning to hear the judgement. He was sentenced to five days in jail for illegally carrying and discharging a firearm in public. His lawyer said he will appeal.(Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Rock singer Sek Loso was on Thursday sentenced to five days in jail for firing nine shots into the air and one into the ground at a temple in Phrom Khiri district on the night of Dec 29.

The 44-year-old performer was acompanied by his lawyer Mongkholvijit Thanasophon and girlfriend Apisaya Pattanaworasap when he arrived at the Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinicial Court on Thursday morning to hear the judgement in the case.

Prosecutors arraigned him on charges of illegally carrying and discharging a firearm in a public area.

He was sentenced to five days in jail. His lawyer said he would immediately apply release on bail and appeal the sentence.

Sek, whose real name is Seksan Sookpimay, live streamed a video of himself firing nine shots into the air from a handgun, and one shot into the ground, in front of the statue of king Taksin the Great at Wat Khao Khun Phanom in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Dec 29, shortly after playing a concert there.

He claimed to be paying respect to king Taksin.

He was arrested at his house in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district on Dec 31 following a showdown with police.

Sek was later released on 150,000 baht bail.

Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Court sentences Sek Loso to five days in prison over the shooting incident. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)

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