Australian man pleads not guilty to Thai suitcase murder
The man had been charged with murder, concealing a body and taking a minor for indecent purposes.
An Australian man, Simon Peter Carman, 45, pleaded not guilty on September 18 to a series of charges including murder, concealing a body, and taking a minor for indecent purposes in a Pattaya court. The charges stem from the death of a 17-year-old Thai teenager whose body was found in a suitcase near a railway track in the city of Pattaya, south of Bangkok.
Carman was arrested at Bangkok airport on June 26 as he attempted to board a flight back to Australia. His arrest came after the victim's friend reported her missing. CCTV footage allegedly showed Carman entering a condominium in Pattaya with the teenager in the early hours of June 25 and leaving that evening with a large black suitcase. The next court appearance is set for October 12.
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