Actor/singer Somchai "Tao" Kemklat is vowing to appeal after a court sentenced him to 15 days in confinement for assaulting a man as he tucked into a bowl of noodles.
Tao, who became a first-time dad in February, turned up at the Lampang district court on Friday to hear it pass sentence in a case brought against him by the prosecutor.
In January, 2009, Lampang grocery store owner Wirachart "Kota" Densirikhun, 56, complained to police that Tao beat him up at a roadside eatery as he was tucking into a bowl of noodles and dumplings.
The pair met for conciliation talks but failed to reach a deal. Tao denied the assault charge, insisting the head and body injuries sustained by Kota that day were an accident.
The court, however, found that Tao did indeed assault Kota, though his injuries were not serious enough to endanger him physically or psychologically.
He had been convicted of two previous assaults, though the suspended term he received for his last offence almost three years ago would not be added to the sentence he would receive for the Kota bashing.
The court sentenced him to 15 days in jail, but said that as a jail term would perform no useful function, decided Tao should spend 15 days in a police cell instead.
Emerging from court, Tao said he would appeal. Kota said he was disappointed with the verdict, but hoped it would serve as a lesson to Tao to keep his hands to himself.
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