泰国芭堤雅报道——一名17岁泰国女孩的遗体在泰国一个热门海滨度假城市附近的一个行李箱中被发现，周一，她的家属出席了一场法庭听证会。这是他们首次见到被控杀害这名女孩的澳大利亚男子。
KHEMMAPAT ROJWANICHKUN PATTAYA, Thailand — Members of the family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was discovered in a suitcase near a popular seaside resort city attended a court hearing on Monday where, for the first time, they were to see the Australian man accused of killing her.
西蒙·彼得·卡曼（Simon Peter Carman）于6月被捕，此前通查诺克·多恩霍姆拉（Tunchanok Donhomla）在芭堤雅被报失踪。芭堤雅位于曼谷东南约150公里（93英里），以旅游业和性交易闻名。不久之后，人们在荒凉地区的一处铁轨旁发现了装有她遗体的行李箱。
Simon Peter Carman was arrested in June after Tunchanok Donhomla was reported missing in Pattaya, a city about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of Bangkok known for tourism and its sex trade . The suitcase containing her body was found soon afterward by railway tracks in a deserted area.
N卡曼在本月晚些时候将年满46岁，他于周一戴着脚镣被带到芭堤雅省法院，参加指定出庭作证证人的程序性听证会。
Carman, who turns 46 later this month, was brought in shackles to the Pattaya Provincial Court on Monday for a procedural hearing to designate witnesses to testify.
他已被控谋杀、两项涉及未成年人的猥亵行为罪以及藏匿尸体罪。预谋谋杀罪一旦罪名成立，最高可能被判处死刑。
He has been charged with murder, two counts of indecent behavior involving a minor, and concealing a corpse. A conviction on the charge of premeditated murder carries the possibility of the death penalty.
卡曼最初对所有指控予以否认，称自己是正当防卫，并且不知道该女孩的真实年龄。然而，当法官周一体现针对他隐瞒受害者尸体的证据确凿、但他如果承认该指控则有望获得宽大处理时，他表示将把抗辩改为认罪。
Carman had initially denied all charges, saying that he was acting in self-defense and that he did not know the girl’s real age. However, when advised by a judge on Monday that the evidence against him on hiding the victim’s corpse was strong, but he could expect leniency if he confessed to that charge, he indicated that he would change his plea to guilty.
受害者姑姑米伦特里·塔纳柴（Miruntree Thanachai）在听证会前对记者表示，这将是家属首次见到这名澳大利亚被告。“我们之前向当局提出过要求，但他们不允许我们见他。我们想见见那个杀害我们家属的人，”她说。
Speaking to reporters ahead of the hearing, the victim’s aunt, Miruntree Thanachai, said it would be the first time the family would meet the Australian defendant. “We previously asked the authorities, but they didn’t allow us to see him. We want to meet the person who killed our family member,” she said.
警方表示，监控录像显示这名女孩最后一次露面是与卡曼一同走入一栋公寓。随后，他被看到独自拖着一个大行李箱离开大楼。监控录像显示他将行李箱搬上摩托车并驾车离开。
Police said the girl was last seen on security footage walking into a condominium with Carman. He was later seen leaving the building alone with a large suitcase. Security footage showed him loading it onto a motorbike and driving away.
家属表示，通查诺克从他们位于东北部农村加拉信省的家中出发，前往芭堤雅度假。
The family said Tunchanok had gone on a vacation trip to Pattaya from their home in the rural northeastern province of Kalasin.
卡曼在曼谷的一座机场登上一架飞往澳大利亚的航班前被捕。警方表示，随后的讯问带领他们找到了藏有女孩遗体的行李箱。
Carman was arrested at a Bangkok airport before boarding a flight to Australia. Police said subsequent questioning led them to the suitcase with the girl’s body.
在泰国媒体在网上分享的一段警方审讯视频中，卡曼声称他是为了自卫，因为女孩用刀威胁他。
In a police interrogation video shared online by Thai media, Carman said he was defending himself because the girl was threatening him with a knife.
受害者父亲通柴·多恩霍姆拉（Tongchai Donhomla）对记者说：“西蒙声称那是正当防卫，但这根本不是正当防卫，如果是正当防卫，我孩子的牙齿怎么会掉光？我想质问。”他和家属们表示，他们看过受害者的遗体，她的面部被砸碎了。他说：“我想要死刑，但我无能为力。我希望法律严惩不贷。”
“Simon claimed that it was self-defense, but this is not self-defense because if it is self-defense, how can my child’s teeth fall out? I want to ask,” the victim’s father, Tongchai Donhomla, told reporters. He and other family members said they had viewed the victim’s body, and that her face had been smashed in. “I want the death penalty, but there is nothing I can do. I want the law to punish, to the fullest,” he said.
女孩的另一位姑姑米伦特里·塔纳柴呼应了他的情绪。她补充说：“家属希望法院判处他死刑，因为我们失去了家庭成员，一个重要的人。所以我们希望执行死刑，因为我们不想这种事再次发生在别人身上。没有人能够承受这种打击。”
His sentiment was echoed by Miruntree Thanachai, one of the girl’s aunts. “The family wants the court to sentence him to death because we have lost our family member, the important one. So we want the execution because we don’t want this to happen to others again. No one can bear this kind of damage,” she added.
周五，悲痛的家属还在民事法院对卡曼提起诉讼，索赔165万泰铢（合4.9万美元）
On Friday, the grieving family also filed a case against Carman in civil court, asking for damages of 1.65 million baht ($49,000)