PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court has sentenced an 18-year-old street boy to 20 years in prison for stabbing a British bar owner to death during a botched robbery in February, a court official said on Friday.
Lao Chamrong, also known as Tong Chen, was arrested near the royal palace in Phnom Penh as he was cleaning blood off his knife after stabbing David Mitchell, from Walsall, five times in the chest, police investigators said.
"He admitted to the court that he murdered the British man," prosecutor Ngeth Sarath told Reuters. "We sentenced him to 20 years in jail."
Mitchell had run the Ginger Monkey bar, a favoured hang-out for Phnom Penh expatriates and tourists near the river.
Lao Chamrong told the court he sneaked into Mitchell’s house looking for food and anything valuable to steal, but was interrupted.
In addition to killing Mitchell, he was found guilty of wounding New Zealand journalist Jane Nye, who worked for a Phnom Penh magazine. She recovered from wounds to the head, hands and neck after treatment in Thailand.
Lao Chamrong, also known as Tong Chen, was arrested near the royal palace in Phnom Penh as he was cleaning blood off his knife after stabbing David Mitchell, from Walsall, five times in the chest, police investigators said.
"He admitted to the court that he murdered the British man," prosecutor Ngeth Sarath told Reuters. "We sentenced him to 20 years in jail."
Mitchell had run the Ginger Monkey bar, a favoured hang-out for Phnom Penh expatriates and tourists near the river.
Lao Chamrong told the court he sneaked into Mitchell’s house looking for food and anything valuable to steal, but was interrupted.
In addition to killing Mitchell, he was found guilty of wounding New Zealand journalist Jane Nye, who worked for a Phnom Penh magazine. She recovered from wounds to the head, hands and neck after treatment in Thailand.
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