Mercedes bus stop killer jailed

The Phra Khanong provincial court sentenced Kanpithak Patchimsawat - son of a former Miss Thailand beauty queen - to 10 years and one month in jail for ramming his Mercedes into a crowd at a bus stop in 2007, killing a woman and injuring several others.

The sentence was reduced from 15 years and two months, because Mr Kanpithak's family has already given compensation to some of the victims.

The court ordered him to pay 2 million baht for relatives of the dead woman, and 800,000 baht for two people who were seriously injured that night.

Mr Kanpithak or Moo Ham, 21, is the son of the former Miss Thailand, Sawinee and Kan-anek Patchimsawat, and a nephew of retired deputy police chief Ukrit Patchimsawat.

Mr Kanpithak was also accused of smashing a rock in the face of bus driver Sathaporn Arunsiri near Sukhumvit Soi 26, after his Merdeces was involved in a minor incident with the bus.

Mr Kanpithak's father Kan-anek offered to pay Mr Sathaporn 50,000 baht in compensation, who agreed to take the offer.

 

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