Uthit Chuchuay, who previously headed the Songkhla Provincial Administrative Organisation, was sentenced to death along with two accomplices. Two other defendants, including Uthit's younger brother Kitti Chuchuay, received life sentences for the shocking murder.Songkhla City mayor Peera Tantiserane was gunned down in late 2012 after he had sought to block a cable-car project backed by Uthit. "My mum keeps saying that she could never have imagined that the relationships between the Tantiseranes and Chuchuays would end up like this. "We fully welcome the court's ruling because it has reaffirmed that people can trust the justice system," Walairat said. All the surviving defendants were found guilty by the Supreme Court, whose ruling cannot be appealed.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 07, 2016 18:00 UTC