“Nirut Rittikul explained that he had been approached by Dokset who offered to pay B5 million to the family and also B4.3 million for the care of June’s three sons,” Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported.
According to Dagbladet, “The offer still stands and has been neither rejected nor accepted. Nirut Rittikul also explained that he had in fact considering taking the money. ‘Either way, I will not get my sister back,’ he said in court.”
Dokset appeared in court on Tuesday looking considerably slimmer than at the time of his arrest, as evidence from the family of his dead ex-girlfriend, Ms Rungnapa, age 33, was heard.
Dokset has denied charges of murder, illegal possession of a gun (Ms Rungnapa’s) and obstructing an investigation by hiding a body and denying any knowledge of it, even though subsequent DNA tests proved that the rotting contents of the bin were the remains of Ms Rungnapa.
He was arrested on February 28 last year after a tip-off that Ms Rungnapa’s body was stashed in his house. She had not been seen for the best part of three years.
Dokset denies killing her, saying that she died during an argument with him, when he pushed her and her head hit a wall.
The prosecution testimony will continue next Friday (February 22) and on March 8 the defence will begin presenting its case.