BANGKOK: The widow of a Thai Olympian gunned down while driving his Porsche through Bangkok was on Monday given the death penalty for arranging his killing.

Jakkrit Panichpatikum, 40, a pistol-shooting star who competed in the Beijing and London Olympics, was killed in October 2013 by an assassin riding pillion on a moped.

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