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Thai convicted of tourist murders |
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A court in eastern Thailand has sentenced a local man to death for
the murder of two Russian women in the beach resort of Pattaya in
February.
Tatyana Tsimfer, 30, and Liubov Svirkova, 25, were found shot
dead in deckchairs on Jomtien Beach 150km (90 miles) south-east of
Bangkok.
Anuchit Lamlert confessed to killing them during a robbery
because he was afraid they would remember his face.
Anuchit's father, Suchart, said he would appeal against the
verdict.
Thai law dictates that an automatic appeal must be held within
30 days for all death sentences.
The country's last execution was carried out in December 2003,
when three convicted drug traffickers and a murderer were killed by
lethal injection.
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