On this date, November 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Thailand upheld the death sentence for Spanish national Artur Segarra Princep for the premeditated murder of compatriot David Bernat in 2016. In my opinion, he is no different from John Martin Scripps AKA The Tourist from Hell. I hope the EU do not interfere with the Thai judicial system, as Princep will most probably be out of prison after ten years.
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Spanish national from Barcelona, Artur Segarra Princep (C) is escorted by prison personnel as he arrives at the Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand, 25 July 2016. Artur Segarra Princep is suspected of murdering and dismembering Spanish citizen David Bernat in Bangkok. Princep was arrested late 07 February 2016 in Sihanoukville, Cambodia according to Cambodian media reports. The case came to light after the remains of Bernat were found floating in the Chao Praya river. A police investigation found that they belonged to Bernat and that large sums of money from Bernat’s account had been transferred to an overseas account before he disappeared. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/en-espanol/sdhoy-artur-segarra-appears-before-a-thai-court-again-2016jul25-story.html] |
Spaniard to be executed for grisly kill
published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:01
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Spanish national Artur Segarra Princep, 40, for the premeditated murder of compatriot David Bernat, 41, in 2016.
Segarra was taken from Bang Kwang Central Prison to hear the ruling at the Central Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road on Wednesday. He greeted several Spanish journalists waiting there as he entered the court building.
The Spaniard was found guilty of offences including premeditated murder, concealing a body, illegal detention and theft.
Public prosecutors earlier told the court that human parts were found in the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces on the morning of Jan 30, 2016. They were later proved to be from the victim, Bernat.
The court based its ruling on circumstantial evidence and surveillance camera recordings, testimony from witnesses including a maid and a girlfriend of Segarra, and DNA samples of Segarra and the victim collected from a freezer and an electric grinder.
The court found that Segarra took his business friend Bernat to a room at PG Condominium Rama IX in Huay Kwang district on Jan 19, 2016. There, Segarra murdered him, froze the body, dismembered it with the grinder and then dropped bags containing body parts into the Chao Phraya River at several locations.
Segarra fled and was arrested in Sihanoukville on Feb 7, 2016, sent back to Thailand and held in custody without bail. He has always denied all charges.
In addition to the death sentence, he was ordered to repay 734,940 baht to Bernat's family in restitution of money he withdrew using the victim's cash card.
Segarra's lawyer said on Wednesday his client would exercise his right to seek a pardon and to be held in a prison in Spain.
INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1798309/court-upholds-death-sentence-for-spanish-murderer
Spaniard sentenced to death for gruesome killing in Thailand
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA | Associated Press | Published: April 21, 2017
BANGKOK — A Thai court on Friday sentenced to death a Spanish man after finding him guilty of murder in the gruesome death of a fellow Spaniard.
Artur Segarra Princep had been charged with premediated murder carried out in the course of theft in the death of David Bernat, 40. Parts of his dismembered body were retrieved from Bangkok's Chao Phraya River in February last year, while traces of the victim's bloodstains and DNA were found in Segarra's Bangkok apartment.
Segarra's lawyer said his client denied the charges against him and will appeal.
"We still want to prove (his innocence)," said Worasit Piriyawiboon. "Artur himself insisted that he did not commit a murder. Whether he should be found guilty of the crime of theft or the crime of murder, these are two separate crimes."
During the investigation, police said they found a freezer in Segarra's home that is believed to have been used to store the body, as well as a book with instructions on how to dismember body parts.
Police believed that Segarra held Bernat against his will and tortured him to force him to transfer money to his bank account, then killed him and chopped up his body to try to conceal the crime. The theft charge focused on 80,000 baht ($2,285), though police indicated they suspect much more was stolen.
Segarra was arrested in Cambodia and sent back to Thailand in February last year to stand trial.
Worasit noted that his client was also convicted on other charges including misusing the victim's ATM card, "but with the death sentence, other sentences don't matter."
Segarra, when being photographed by reporters in his holding cell Friday, held up his palm, on which was handwritten "Lucas 23:34," a reference to the Biblical verse "And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'"
Executions are rarely carried out in Thailand.
INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/spaniard-sentenced-to-death-for-gruesome-killing-in-thailand-1.464643
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