{"id":6910,"date":"2017-04-21T10:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2017-04-21T10:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:11:34","slug":"thai-court-sentences-spanish-man-death-grisly-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/04\/21\/thai-court-sentences-spanish-man-death-grisly-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai court sentences Spanish man to death for grisly murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Thai court sentenced a Spanish man to death on Friday for the grisly murder of a fellow Spaniard whose dismembered body parts were discovered in Bangkok’s main river last year.<\/div>\n
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Artur Segarra, 38, was convicted of kidnapping and killing 40-year-old\u00a0David Bernat in an effort to steal tens of millions of baht from the\u00a0businessman, according to a verdict read out at Thailand’s Criminal Court.<\/p>\n

“Forensic evidence such as blood stains and fingerprints on (Segarra’s)\u00a0electric grinder had DNA that matched the victim,” the judge said, adding that\u00a0CCTV footage and testimony from Segarra’s maid and girlfriend also implicated\u00a0him in the killing.<\/p>\n

“Therefore the judge sentences the defendant to death on the grounds that\u00a0he committed premeditated murder in order to steal the victim’s money.”<\/p>\n

While death sentences are still on the statute books in Thailand it is rare\u00a0for prisoners to be executed. The last execution was in 2009.<\/p>\n

Segarra’s lawyer, Jessada Piyasuwanvanich, told reporters his client would\u00a0likely file an appeal and “fight the case to the end”.<\/p>\n

Segarra, who had denied all the charges, appeared calm while the verdict\u00a0was read and translated to him in Spanish.<\/p>\n

When he arrived at court he held his hand up to show the words “Luke\u00a023:34”\u00a0written in ink on his palm. The Bible citation is a reference to Jesus’s final\u00a0words on the cross.<\/p>\n

The macabre murder came to light last January after Thai police began\u00a0hauling body parts out of the city’s Chao Praya River. It took them several\u00a0days to identify the victim.<\/p>\n

Segarra was arrested in neighbouring Cambodia<\/a> several weeks later.<\/p>\n

It is not uncommon for foreigners to get swept up in Thailand’s criminal\u00a0underworld.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month an Australian man was sentenced to death for the murder\u00a0of a former Hells Angels member found beaten and naked in a shallow grave in\u00a0Pattaya, a popular Thai beach town known for its raunchy nightlife and links\u00a0to organised crime.<\/p>\n

In September, Thai police arrested three Americans in Bangkok after\u00a0discovering the frozen body parts of another foreigner inside their freezer.<\/p>\n

The men were charged with multiple offences and are being held in prison\u00a0while they await trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source\u00a0 thelocal.es<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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