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The defendant admits hiding Tunchanok 'Cake' Donhomla's body but still denies murdering the Thai teen

Simon Peter Carman leads Tunchanok Donhomla, known as Cake, to her death; her naked body was later found stuffed in a suitcase near railway tracks, with Carman now agreeing to plead guilty to concealing her corpse.
Simon Peter Carman leads Tunchanok Donhomla, known as Cake, to her death; her naked body was later found stuffed in a suitcase near railway tracks, with Carman now agreeing to plead guilty to concealing her corpse.
Simon Peter Carman and Tunchanok Donhomla, known as Cake, whose family attended Monday's Pattaya court hearing to confront him for the first time, also filing a civil lawsuit seeking over $51,000 in damages.
Simon Peter Carman and Tunchanok Donhomla, known as Cake, whose family attended Monday's Pattaya court hearing to confront him for the first time, also filing a civil lawsuit seeking over $51,000 in damages.

Simon Peter Carman, 45, a truck driver from Perth, pleaded guilty to concealing the corpse of 17-year-old Tunchanok 'Cake' Donhomla at a procedural hearing in Pattaya Provincial Court on Monday, but refused to admit murder. The judge urged Carman to plead guilty to the murder charge so he could argue self-defence, prompting Carman to respond: 'Why should I plead guilty? I would be lying to myself and everyone.' An autopsy found Cake suffered a brain injury and signs consistent with suffocation; her family is also suing Carman for more than $51,000 in a civil case running alongside the criminal trial.

Cake's aunt Miruntree Thanachai told reporters: 'We want to meet the person who killed our family member' — Monday's hearing was the first time the family came face-to-face with Carman.

Carman, arrested at Bangkok airport moments before boarding a flight home, claims Cake attacked him with a knife and that he hid her body because he does not 'trust the police'.

Cake's cousin Khanitta said of the civil lawsuit: 'Nobody wants money from this — they want the person's life back.'

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