Sgt Major Sirisak Chanruang, 56, had previously been acquitted by the primary court over the attack by a hired gunman that left referee Sgt Thanom Borikut seriously wounded. The charge stated that Sirisak and two others hired now-deceased getaway motorcyclist Kosin Srinuankhan and gunman Sukhum Dangkulwanich – now 34 and still at large – for Bt100,000. Thanom was gunned down in the Sports Authority of Thailand carpark in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district on September 4, 2013. His confession gave details that only someone who was at the scene of the deal would have known, it ruled. Sirisak, who attended the Appeals Court hearing with his family and a group of friends, said he would appeal to the Supreme Court.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 15, 2016 18:08 UTC