Verdict linked to 2019 restaurant shooting
PUBLISHED : 26 Dec 2023 at 04:37
High-profile fugitive Chaowalit Thongduang, alias “Sia Paeng Nanod”, was on Monday sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for attempted murder.
The conviction stemmed from a shooting at a restaurant in tambon Prang Moo of Muang district, Phatthalung, on Sept 9, 2019.
He was charged with colluding with four others to try and murder a court assistant at the restaurant. All five were handed life terms by the court.
The court also convicted them for carrying firearms in public, resisting authorities, assaulting state officials and helping others escape legal punishment.
Sub-Lt Chatchawal Bamroongwong, Chaowalit’s…
