Ukip wife killer is jailed for 14 years
Youngest member Chanin Vibulrungruang, 11, said: “I had no strength. We felt dizzy and hungry while we were trapped in the cave complex. We tried not to think of food because it would make us hungrier.”
The boys, who sported fresh haircuts, have reportedly each gained 6.6lb since they were rescued by a team of expert divers last week.
Wearing their football club’s kit, the group thanked their rescuers and told how they kept their spirits up in the cave by playing draughts and chess with the divers.
In a bittersweet moment, the group also expressed their condolences to the family of Saman Gunan.
The Thai Navy Seal died on July 6 while replenishing oxygen canisters along the route to the cave.
Two of the boys held up a pencil sketch of 38-year-old Mr Gunan, while Chantawong said the group felt they were “the cause of his death”.
He added that they will be temporarily ordained as Buddhist monks in tribute to the diver.
Several of the boys also apologised to their parents for sneaking off to the caves after claiming they were only playing football.
As the boys looked forward to returning to their homes, justice ministry official Tawatchai Thaikaew asked for their privacy to be respected. He said: “We don’t know what wounds the kids are carrying in their hearts.” A FORMER Ukip councillor who strangled his wife to death after she discovered he had an affair with their son’s partner was jailed for at least 14 years yesterday.
Ex-Royal Marine Stephen Searle, 64, said his 62-year-old wife Anne Searle attacked him with a knife at their home in Stowmarket, Suffolk, but jurors at Ipswich Crown Court took three and a half hours to find him guilty.
Mr Justice Green, sentencing Searle to life with a minimum term of 14 years, said: “Your actions have caused devastating waves of pain and anguish to crash through your entire family.“
Searle, who had been married for 45 years, looked straight ahead and showed no reaction as he was jailed.
Prosecutor Andrew Jackson said the marriage had been under strain since Mrs Searle discovered her husband’s affair with their son Gary’s partner Anastasia Pomiateeva last year.
In a victim impact statement one of Searle’s three sons Stevie Searle said: “Not only have I lost my mum, but because of what he has done I have lost my dad too.”