A panel of public prosecutors has agreed to indict seven youths who were involved in the brutal beating to death of a crippled man in Lat Phrao area over a month ago with murder charges instead of premeditated murder charges as demanded by the victim’s family.
Spokesman of the Office of the Attorney-General Mr Somnoek Siangkong said on Monday that the panel of public prosecutors had carefully considered the police case file together with the accompanied evidences and agreed on murder charges to be lodged against the seven suspects, including a woman identified as Ms Natnicha Rithlumlert.
The other six suspects are Piraphol Yotpong-anan, Akaradej Tassana, Monmanas Saengpo, Chatuporn Chansopha, Mek Pholkraisorn and Arin Yotpong-anan.
The panel ruled out premeditated murder charges as demanded by the family of the victim, Mr Somkiart Srichan, because their actions against the victim were impromptu and were not thought or considered in advance, said Mr Somnoek, adding that the suspects were expected to be indict before the Criminal Court on Wednesday.
In addition to the murder charges, all the suspects face charges of carrying weapons in public places without good reasons. On top of that, Akaradej, Mek, and Arin will also be indicted with intrusion charges.
The case attracted widespread public attention because several of the suspects were police children and concern was raised that the Chokechai police in charge of the case might try to weaken the case to help the suspects.
