Cambodians jailed for brutal attack on French tourists
ASEAN/EAST ASIA
Tuesday, 6 Mar 2018
Bangkok: A Thai court has sentenced five Cambodian fishermen to 50 years each for a violent 2016 attack on French tourists in which two women were raped, an official said.
The men were given the maximum allowable sentence on a raft of charges, including rape, following their arrest more than two years ago for the attack on the Thai island Koh Kut, also known as Koh Kood.
“All five defendants were found guilty of rape, light assault and serious assault,” a court official said yesterday, adding that they were also fined. One was also convicted of attempted murder, said the official, who did not identify the defendants by name.
Police say the men swam to the beach to attack the group of four French holidaygoers at knifepoint in February 2016.
Two injured men escaped to alert authorities and the fishermen were arrested shortly afterwards.
While Thailand remains a safe destination, a number of gruesome, headline-grabbing crimes against foreigners have hurt the country’s reputation as a tourist haven. — AFP
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