A Thai court has convicted an Australian writer of insulting Thailand's royal family in his novel and ordered him to serve a three-year prison term.Bangkok's Criminal Court initially sentenced Harry Nicolaides to six years behind bars but reduced the term because he had pleaded guilty.
Nicolaides was charged with insulting Thailand's king and crown prince in his 2005 book "Verisimilitude."
The presiding judge said Monday that passages "suggested that there was abuse of royal power."
Insulting the monarchy in Thailand carries a jail term of three to 15 years.
A Swiss man was convicted of the same offense last year and given a 10-year prison sentence. He was pardoned by the king after serving about a month behind bars.
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