An Australian man has been jailed in Thailand for the shooting murder of an American tourist during a drunken quarrel.William Douglas, 65, admitted to shooting Gary Poretsky, 46, in March this year after the two got into a drunken argument at a restaurant in the northern city of Chiang Mai.
Poretsky, from Hawaii, suffered three gunshot wounds to his face and chest.
A court on Monday sentenced Douglas to two years and nine months in jail after deciding the murder was not premeditated.
Douglas was originally from Perth, but had been a long time resident of Thailand, the ABC reported. He will serve out his sentence in Chiang Mai.
ninemsn, 19 Aug 2008
2.75 years for killing someone, whilst others face life in prison for importing drugs.
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