For the last three decades, one man and his political dynasty have loomed large over Thailand's politics: Thaksin Shinawatra.
The cop turned tycoon turned prime minister has been one of the most influential but also polarising characters in the South East Asian nation, even long after he left office.
Now he faces a political reckoning, with the Supreme Court sentencing him to one year in jail.
It marks the latest development in Thaksin's turbulent rise and fall, in a country with an unpredictable political landscape.
Born in 1949 in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thaksin started his career as a police officer.
