kamui Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 German sentenced to death over murder of Swiss tourist CHIANG MAI: -- --Chiang Mai Court today (Wednesday) sentenced a German man to death for the premeditated murder of a Swiss tourist in San Kamphaeng district. Judges Siriwan Nakawisut and Kanchana Singpaikaew convicted 34-year-old German national Gordon Adrian Koschwitz for fatally beating and strangling Raphael Baumann, 32, on October 11 last year. Baumann, who had been in Thailand since last August, was found dead in Koschwitz's rented house. Koschwitz reported the death the next day and claimed that Baumann had died after he slipped and fell. Police later arrested Koschwitz and seized a wooden club as evidence, but he denied the charge. The Department of Special Investigation took up the case before submitting it to public prosecutors. After hearing the verdict, Koschwitz was taken to Chiang Mai Special Prison. Koschwitz's lawyer, Watcharapong Tipsukum, told the Associated Press that he planned to appeal the verdict within the 30-day period allowed by Thai law. "He says he did not kill Raphael. He doesn't know who did it," Watcharapong said. Koschwitz has been living in Chiang Mai for nearly five years. --The Nation 2005-08-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 you would think that since he reported it the next day that maybe he would have time to get rid of the wooden club. silly german. Just sit around all day with the dead body and do nothing to hide the evidence from police. That is just silly. almost to the point of being a silly story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 saw it on television. Seems to me a bit a too strange story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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