Australian accused of killing a Thai teeenger claims self-defence
Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 46, has been charged with murder in Thailand after allegedly killing a 17-year-old girl in Pattaya and concealing her body in a suitcase. Carman claims he acted in self-defence during a dispute over 500 baht (approximately $20 AUD), alleging the teenager held a knife to his neck before a struggle ensued. The victim's family is demanding his execution, while Carman faces charges including murder, concealing and moving a body, and abducting a minor for indecent purposes, with the death penalty by lethal injection a possible sentence.See omnystudio.com/listener…
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