RELEASED: 8 Nov 2016 at 16:04
The Bad Guy Court on Tuesday sentenced 4 Chinese burglars each to an overall of 33 years in prison for a violent, messed up weapon store setback in Bangkok early this year.
Sun Junwei, 27, Li Kunpeng, 26, Ma Geng, 34, and Zheng Yang, 30, were sentended for the heist of Inter Arms store on Charoen Krung Roadway in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district on March 4.
Another gang member, Wu Xing Jun, was shot by authorities while running away the setback scene and passed away of his injury.
The court heard that the 5 gang members leased 2 motorbikes from Pattaya, connected incorrect licence plates and utilized them in the break-in. They likewise utilized 2 BB weapons, folding knives and radio handsets throughout the criminal activity.
2 of the gang initially got in the Inter Arms store, using woollen hats and bike helmets. Among them stabbed the store owner in the chest and lower body, triggering severe injury. The store owner attempted to eliminate them off while being handcuffed.
2 other burglars then got in the store and stabbed a store worker. The store owner acknowledged the guns they were bring as being BB weapons, and sobbed out for assistance.
The 4 males took rifles, shotguns, handguns, revolvers from the store, and a Toyota Fortuner truck, worth 3.84 million baht in overall.
They attempted to get away from authorities and guard in the location, threatening them with the 2 BB weapons. Authorities rapidly apprehended 3 of them. The 4th run away, was shot and later on passed away. Zheng Yang, the gang leader who did not go into the store, was apprehended in Nakhon Sawan province the following day.
Sun was sentenced to 33 years and 28 months in overall and fined 3,000 baht for tried murder, utilizing incorrect licence plates, unauthorised usage of interaction radios, bring guns in public and withstanding arrest.
The other 3 were each sentenced to 33 years and 22 months and fined 3,000 baht for the very same offenses, other than withstanding arrest.
The sentences are cumulative. The optimal time they can serve is twenty years.
