Uncle Phol gets 20-years jail for Nong Chompoo s death bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The man at the centre of an unsolved case involving the death of his niece, Orawan "Chompoo" Wongsricha, last year has been convicted of possessing protected wood and given a suspended one-year jail term.
The death of a little girl in a remote corner of Mukdahan saw the victim's uncle shot to stardom, only for him to fall from grace on Wednesday when he was arrested and charged with her murder.
The provincial court of Mukdahan on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of the uncle-in-law of three-year-old girl "Nong Chompoo" who was found dead on a mountain last year - a man that media coverage made a minor celebrity.