Australian Trafficker Gets Life Instead of Death

In sentencing, the judge told Hood, he was due to receive a death sentence; however, she took his confession into account and reduced the sentence to life in prison. Another 34-year-old Australian who was with Hood at the time managed to escape and has had an arrest warrant issued for him by Thai authorities.

After the verdict, Hood told reporters that he was disappointed but not surprised. Earlier in May he said, “There is no way, I am fighting this one. You cannot win, I have been told by many people.”