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Jail for 'Joe Ferrari' as Thai court convicts police over torture death

FILE PHOTO: Thai former superintendent, Thitisan Uttanapol, 39, accused in torturing and killing a drug suspect in Nakhon Sawan, is detained at Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo

A Thai court on Wednesday jailed six police officers for life for torturing and killing a drug suspect during interrogation, among them an influential police colonel famously nicknamed "Joe Ferrari" for his collection of luxury sports cars.

A Bangkok court initially sentenced the six officers to death for coercion, malfeasance, abuse of authority and death by torture, but commuted that to life imprisonment for their cooperation and attempts to revive the suspect, court documents showed.

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