37 year old Chawalit Thongduang, also known as Paeng Nahonod, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pattalung provincial court for the attempted murder of an officer back in 2019. The court verdict was announced today, following Paeng’s escape from the hospital at 10am. The case, number 175/2565, had a total of five defendants, with the Pattalung provincial prosecutor serving as the plaintiff.
Present at the court hearing were attorney Chatchaval Burung and Kasidechat Thongduang, Paeng’s older brother, who heard the court pronounce sentences for crimes that included possessing another person’s firearm in a service station and public place, resisting an officer, aiding others in escaping punishment, assaulting an officer, and finally, the most severe charge, attempted murder of an assistant officer. All five defendants received a life…
