UPDATED: Court upholds death sentence for Myanmar men over Brit killings Nigeria Nigerians
Two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death for the brutal murder of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand lost their final appeal Thursday in a case tainted by claims of irregularities.
Prosecutors insisted the evidence against the men from Myanmar’s impoverished Rakhine state was clear, and announcing the verdict of a final appeal Thursday, Thailand’s top court agreed. Police were also accused of buckling under pressure to solve a crime that made global headlines and threatened a tourism sector that accounts for a fifth of Thailand’s economy.Miller’s parents backed the court’s conviction, but the family of Witheridge were more cautious, and a sister called the investigation “bungled”.Chief defence lawyer Nakhon Chompuchat said after the decision was handed down that his clients were “shocked”.“They are very worried about when they will be executed.
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