The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for a gold shop-robber who shot dead three people, one a child, and wounded four others during a robbery at a Lop Buri mall in 2020.
On Jan 9, 2020, Prasittichai Khaokaeo, a former primary school director in Sing Buri, armed with a 9mm handgun fitted with a sound suppressor, stormed into Robinson Department Store in Muang district, Lop Buri.
He shot dead three people - a security guard, a two-year-old boy and a female employee of Aurora gold shop. He also shot and wounded four other people.
Prasittichai then robbed the gold shop of 33 gold necklaces, worth 664,470 baht in total at the time.
The Criminal Court on Aug 27, 2020, sentenced Prasittichai to death and ordered him to pay damages.
The Appeal Court later upheld the lower court's sentencing.
Prasittichai appealed to the Supreme Court, seeking a reduced penalty.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld both lower court decisions, ruling there was no reason he should be granted a reprieve for the cold-blooded crimes he had committed.
