BREAKING NEWS: Swede gets life in prison
Phuket Gazette

Johan Sebastian Ljung was also ordered to pay 12.5 million baht in compensation to the victim’s family. Photo: Dean Noble
PHUKET: -- Swedish national Johan Sebastian Ljung today was sentenced to life imprisonment for the stabbing murder of Maxim Schantz in Phuket two years ago.
He was also ordered to pay 12.5 million baht in compensation to the victim’s family.
Mr Ljung, 28, and Tommy Viktor Soderlund, also 28, were arrested by police at a hotel room at Surin Beach, on Phuket’s west coast.
Both men confessed to their role in the killing. However, they denied any intent to murder Mr Schantz (story here).
The handing down of the sentence today followed a media blackout on reporting witness testimonies delivered during the trial as the court deemed it could unfairly support the defendants (story here).
Mr Ljung has 30 days to appeal the sentence.
Tommy Soderlund's sentencing is set for March.
Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ison-23391.html
-- Phuket Gazette 2014-01-24

