PUBLISHED: 29 Mar 2025 at 06: 12
The Bangkok South Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for the fatal shooting of a rival scholar and a person in Klong Toey region in November 2023. It ordered him to give over 6 million ringgit in payment to the patients ‘ people.
The shooting occurred on Nov 11 at around 9.30am, in front of TMB Bank in the Klong Toey place, when the accused, Anawin Kaewkeb, a scholar from Pathumwan Institute of Technology, along with a team of technical students, chased and opened fire on their competitors. The tragedy resulted in the deaths of Sirada Sinprasert, 45, a machine science professor at the local Sacred Heart Convent School, and Thanasorn Hongsawat, 19, a college student.
Anawin was arrested in Chiang Mai on Nov 24 after a countrywide chase, which resulted in the arrest of 24 offenders in many places, including Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan regions.
After examining the evidence presented by the trial and army, including 59 testimony and CCTV film, which was consistent with police investigations, the jury found Anawin was the gunman.
He was convicted of several charges, including legal organization, gang-related activities, weapons offences, and deliberate crime under Part 91 of the Criminal Code. Abuse for the latter includes the possibility of the death penalty.
All of the 23 different accused save one, who was acquitted, were given numerous words, from two-year prison term to life imprisonment for aiding premeditated crime. The jury ordered Anawin to give 6, 078, 000 ringgit in compensation plus 5 % annual interest to the families of the deceased. The people welcomed the ruling. Ms Pornpimol, Thanasorn’s family, told reporters the plaintiffs have no issued an apology.
Anawin showed no remorse even when he was sentenced to die, she said, adding he smiled and joked with the other accused otherwise. After the decision, a fight between the two rival schools broke out behind the court tower where the accused were detained.
Their companions began shouting at a group of Thanasorn’s companions. Authorities from Yannawa place and judge officials intervened and separated the two organizations before the collision could rise.