Bangkok, Jan 23, 2025 (AFP) - Thailand's first Olympic champion sentenced for attempted rape

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2025-01-23

A Thai court on Thursday sentenced the country's first Olympic gold medallist to just over three years in prison for the abduction and attempted rape of a teenager. Somluck Kamsing, now 52, became a national hero when he won featherweight boxing gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The Khon Kaen provincial court found Somluck guilty of child abduction for molestation and attempted rape, before granting him an appeal and bail. "For attempted rape......

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