Thai policeman gets life for murder of British couple
A Thai policeman was sentenced to life in prison today for killing a young British couple last year following an argument at a restaurant in Kanchanaburi - the resort town made famous by the bridge over the River Kwai.
Judge Dilok Boonthawinat first sentenced Sgt Somchai Visetsingha to death, but immediately reduced the penalty to life behind bars because he had co-operated with the court, had a good police career record and originally confessed to killing Britons Adam Lloyd, 25, and Vanessa Arscott, 24.
