January 18th, 2006, 10:18
"Two Thai fishermen who confessed to the rape and murder of Briton Katherine Horton have been condemned to death. Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24 and Bualoi Posit, 23, face death by lethal injection for the murder of the 21-year-old Cardiff student at Koh Samui on New Year's Day.
Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had declared the men should face the maximum penalty because of damage done to the country's image.
The BBC's Kylie Morris said there is likely to be an appeal by the men. The trial of the two fishermen accused of raping and murdering Miss Horton took place on Friday in Surat Thani..
Her mother has said she does not believe her daughter's killers should be executed. Elizabeth Horton told BBC Wales she did not support the death penalty, but said she was not making a plea for clemency."
BBC News
I wonder if the death penalty will boost Thailand's world standing and tourism as much as a life sentence for life would have done?
Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had declared the men should face the maximum penalty because of damage done to the country's image.
The BBC's Kylie Morris said there is likely to be an appeal by the men. The trial of the two fishermen accused of raping and murdering Miss Horton took place on Friday in Surat Thani..
Her mother has said she does not believe her daughter's killers should be executed. Elizabeth Horton told BBC Wales she did not support the death penalty, but said she was not making a plea for clemency."
BBC News
I wonder if the death penalty will boost Thailand's world standing and tourism as much as a life sentence for life would have done?