Child serial killer and rapist handed third life sentence

“Nui”, the man who confessed to raping as many as 10 children and killing four of them, received another life imprisonment today for a case where he raped and killed a 7-year-old boy in Loei.

Nui, also known as Ting Tang, doesn’t possess proper identification documents. He was initially sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on Tuesday morning but due to his confession his punishment was commuted to life imprisonment.

On Nov. 10, 2013, Nui reportedly lured a 7-year-old boy from a fair at Sri Udomwong temple and then raped and murdered him. Nui confessed after he was arrested for the infamous rape and murder of 6-year-old “Cartoon” near BTS Bearing in December last year, leading the police to connect the cases.

This is the third life imprisonment sentence for Nui. In March, he also received a life imprisonment term, commuted from death for the rape and murder of Cartoon, who was left alone in her parents’ pickup truck. In July, he received another sentence for the attempted rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl whom he lured from a Red Cross fair in Loei province on in Feb. 5, 2013.

He previously served three years and eight months in prison in 2008 for the attempted rape and murder of 7-year-old girl who went to a temple fair alone in his hometown of Khon Kaen province. After he was released in August 2012, he started attacking more children.

Nui grew up in an orphanage and was adopted by a couple in Khon Kaen when he was seven years old. He was never educated and worked in construction sites in several provinces.

He previously served three years and eight months in prison in 2008 for the attempted rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl who was alone at a temple fair in his hometown of Khon Kaen province. After he was released in August, 2012, he started attacking more children, Bangkok Post reported.

Nui said he only remembered attacking about 10 children and killing four of them, according to police. A psychologist who has interviewed Nui said the criminal was himself sexually abused as a child – he was repeatedly raped when he was about 6 years old.

Blaming his own bitter experiences, Nui said he started raping and killing younger boys and girls when he was 15. If the victims survived their ordeal, Nui would take them back to their home, Sanook reported.