Prasitthichai Khaewkao, center, arrives at the Bangkok Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday (Aug 27). The court handed a death sentence to the elementary school principal who fatally shot dead three people including a toddler when he robbed a gold shop earlier this year. - AP
BANGKOK, Aug 27 (AP): A court in Thailand handed a death sentence Thursday to an elementary school principal convicted of fatally shooting three people including a toddler during a robbery of a gold shop earlier this year.
The Bangkok Criminal Court found Prasitthichai Khaewkao guilty on charges including first degree murder, killing in commission of another crime, illegally carrying a gun and illegal possession of a war weapon in the Jan. 9 robbery at a shopping mall in Lopburi, about 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of Bangkok.
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