The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in Bangkok has sentenced former cop, Thitisan Utthanaphon, aka. Joe Ferrari, to death, before later commuting his sentence to life in prison.
Thitisan was the police chief in Nakhon Sawan in central Thailand, when he led the torture and eventual death of a suspected drug trafficker in August last year.
The Court today ruled that Thitisan’s actions carry the death sentence, although the penalty was commuted to life in prison instead.
He is sentenced along with 6 other officers who were charged for intentionally murdering others by “dangerously torturing”.
The 6 officers were also initially sentenced to death, but the penalties were reduced to life in jail because they sent the victim to a hospital.
Another suspect was not charged with murder, but he was charged with “abuse of…
