THAILAND: COURT REDUCES CONVICT'S SENTENCE

the Thai Appeal Court commuted the death sentence of Somkid Pumpoung, 45, to life imprisonment because his confession was useful to the case. Somkid allegedly murdered and robbed masseuse Phongpan Sabchai in Lampang's Muang district on September 19, 2005, because her asking him for money had angered him.