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Thai cop accused of killing Canadian now jailed for wife's death
By Eva Ferguson, Postmedia News January 27, 2011 6:02 PM
CALGARY — The family of a Canadian man killed in Thailand three years ago say they plan to push even harder for justice after the police officer charged with his shooting was jailed for another killing.
Thai police Sgt. Uthai Dechachiwat was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week after pleading guilty to the clubbing death of his 18-year-old pregnant wife.
Dechachiwat is also charged in the shooting death of Leo Del Pinto.
The 25-year-old Calgarian was gunned down Jan. 6, 2008, outside a restaurant in the northern Thai village of Pai.
A friend he'd been touring with, Carly Reisig, was also shot, but survived.
The accused said he was acting in self-defence. He has since been charged with first-degree murder in Del Pinto's death.
Amid a slow, pre-trial process for the Del Pinto slaying, Dechachiwat was charged with, and later pleaded guilty to, the murder of his young, pregnant wife last fall.
Del Pinto's father, Ernie, said because Dechachiwat didn't get life in prison or the death penalty, he will continue to pursue a further sentence for his son's death.
"I am pushing even harder for justice now," said Ernie Del Pinto in Calgary on Thursday.
"This man didn't just kill his wife, he killed a small child, because she was pregnant."
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