A G4S security guard, Clive Carter, 34, has appeared in court in Glasgow charged with murdering a Thai woman at a conference held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC).
Carter was accused of murdering 42-year-old Khanokporn Satjawat on Monday, 12 November. He allegedly struck her on the head and body with a weapon in the female toilets on the second floor of the SECC’s Clyde Auditorium.
Satjawat, a manager at global pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), had been a delegate at an HIV treatment conference when she was found at 2.30pm.
Carter, of Motherwell, appeared at the city’s sheriff court 14 November.
Defence solicitor Diarmid Bruce said: “My client made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody pending further examination”.
The HeraldScotland reported Satjawat had posted a photograph of a presentation within the auditorium on her Facebook page at around 9.15am on the day she died.
A SECC spokesman told CN: “We have been informed that a man has been charged in relation to the death of a female visitor at our premises on Monday 12 November. We are continuing to work closely with Strathclyde Police and assisting them in their ongoing investigation. At this time our thoughts and condolences are with the family, friends and colleagues of Khanokporn Satjawat”.
Delegates came from many countries to the conference, which ends Thursday 15 November. All were questioned by police. Organiser of the conference, the KnowledgePoint360 Group, has yet to comment on the death.
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