“We plan to decide on this case by January 18,” Jessada Arunchaipirom, the public prosecutor in charge of the case, said yesterday.

Kittikorn Wikaha, 26, and Supatchai Jansri, 25, face three charges over the alleged offences including the robbery and murder of Wasin Luangjame, 26.

If convicted, they could face the death penalty.

The police investigation showed Wasin was killed on a Bangkok street because the two suspected robbers wanted his iPhone.

The court has allowed police to detain the two suspects until January 18 pending further legal proceedings.

Police have already concluded their investigation into the murder and forwarded the case to public prosecutors yesterday.

The investigation report does not include two other robberies that took place on the same night Wasin was killed.

The two suspects are alleged to have stolen the mobile phones of two women, which will be investigated separately.

“Apparently the two suspects showed no signs of repentance. Following the fatal robbery, they went ahead to rob two other victims,” Kok Khram Police Station’s acting superintendent Pol Colonel Sarawut Jindakham told reporters yesterday.

According to police, Kittikorn and Supatchai are both former convicts with criminal records.