The six people sentenced to death on Wednesday for the grisly murder of eight family members, including a two-year-old girl, in Krabi's Ao Luk district on July 10 last year, were yesterday transferred to Nakhon Si Thammarat central prison.
The six facing capital punishment for premeditated murder are Surikfat Bannopwongsakul, 41; Khomsan Wiangnon; Abdullo Dolo, 30; Arun Thongkham, 29; Prachak Bunthoi, 36; and Thanachai Chamnong, 41, according to the ruling by the Krabi Provincial Court.
Two other defendants were given jail sentences for their involvement in the case. The six were taken from the Krabi provincial prison at 5am and arrived at the central prison of neighbouring Nakhon Si Thammarat at 7am, which left a number of Surikfat's relatives who turned up at Krabi's prison yesterday morning disappointed to learn that he had already been taken to Nakhon Si Thammarat, said a source in Krabi.
Surikfat appeared tense when he arrived in Nakhon Si Thammarat and was led, along with the other five convicts, into maximum security Zone 6 of the prison, said a source in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The six will be detained at this prison temporarily until an appeal is submitted on their behalf against the court's ruling, adding they had to be moved from Krabi's prison because that prison is authorised to detain only convicts serving a sentence of no more than 15 years.
On July 10, the six defendants, dressed in camouflage outfits, broke into the victims' home. The family members were detained and locked in separate rooms. The assailants then forced Worayut Sanglang, head of the household, to sign over ownership of one of his cars to the gang and pay them some cash, according to the ruling.
When he refused the invaders began shooting the victims. Worayut was the last person to be killed.
