Hua Hin Court Hands Death Sentence To Killer Of Hotel Receptionist
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Thailand – Hua Hin Provincial Court has sentenced a man accused of killing and robbing a hotel employee in January to death, ruling that the crime was so serious and shocking that there were no grounds for leniency despite his guilty plea. The court handed down the sentence on Tuesday in a case involving the killing of a hotel employee during a robbery in Hua Hin district.
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The incident occurred at around 3.15am on 19 January, when Rattikorn Yingyod, alias Sam, 36, attacked hotel employee Wirin Thaolipo, 35, while she was on duty, striking her in the head with a metal bar in order to rob her before fleeing the scene. The victim died from her injuries. Security camera footage from the hotel captured the incident, providing crucial evidence for police in tracking him down, and following the incident, police arrested Rattikorn in Soi Hua Hin 42.
During the trial, Rattikorn pleaded guilty. However, the court ruled that the offence constituted a grave and shocking crime that had caused loss of life and severe suffering to the victim’s family. In its judgement, the court found no sufficient grounds to reduce the sentence on account of the suspect’s confession and handed down the death penalty.
The victim’s family attended the hearing at Hua Hin Provincial Court. Her mother said she felt deeply distressed while listening to the verdict and thanked all officers involved in investigating the case for bringing her daughter’s murderer to justice.
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The case is the second in which Hua Hin Provincial Court has handed down a death sentence, the first having involved a man identified as Games, the convicted killer of a young woman known as Nong Kaem in a notorious case aboard a train that drew nationwide attention, whose sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. The defendant retains the right to appeal and petition the Supreme Court in accordance with Thai law.
-Thailand News (TN)
