When a greater man calls
A Chiang Mai man with a keenness for the drink killed the brand new lover of his ex-wife after she spurned his makes an attempt to make up.
Pongdej Nuprom
Chiang Dao police nabbed Pongdej Nuprom, 52, on June three for killing Suwan Anumat, 64, with a crowbar outdoors a relative’s home following an argument. He additionally hit his former spouse, Sai Dongkaew, 41, when she got here out to guard the sufferer as her two kids, aged 7 and 10, appeared on.
Mr Pongdej was married to Ms Sai a mere month from Feb 28-March 28 earlier than she stop with him and took up with Suwan, a labourer who had labored with the killer and whom he as soon as considered a good friend.
“I wasn’t certain at first why we needed to break up up, however her behaviour started to alter,” he instructed police following his arrest. “She was detached, like somebody who not felt any love. She stated she was going again to her place in Mae Ai district.”
Ms Sai, who hails from Myanmar, stated she was bored with her husband’s nightly consuming behavior and lack of curiosity in work. She complained he was incapable of supporting her and her kids, who come from a earlier marriage.
In April, Mr Pongdej heard from a good friend that she had taken up with Suwan, who lives in the identical village, and by the subsequent month, they had been overtly residing collectively on the sufferer’s youthful sister’s place.
He stated he resented his former mate taking over along with his ex-wife and believed he was chargeable for holding them aside. He known as Ms Sai repeatedly till she blocked his quantity.
On the night time of the assault, he was consuming and began to consider his ex-wife. He known as on a relative’s quantity, impersonating somebody known as “Uncle Pom”, asking why they needed to stop. When that decision resulted in recriminations, he walked round to see her, taking a crowbar, he stated, as safety towards wandering canines.
“I positioned it on the fence in entrance of the home and known as out. About 10pm, Suwan got here out holding a kitchen knife. He spoke to me insultingly, saying ‘Given you might be incapable of supporting her, you needn’t trouble coming round right here, nobody is leaving the home as we speak”.
“I requested him: ‘Did you communicate too strongly?’ I used to be drunk and tried to wrest the knife away however with out success, so I grabbed the crowbar and struck him. Sai got here out and was hit as nicely,” Mr Pongdej stated.
Suwan Anumat
Mr Pongdej hit Suwan over the top and neck with the crowbar about 10 instances, killing him. He fled again to his place about 6km away the place he was nabbed the subsequent morning. Ms Sai, who was injured when she tried to cease the combat, wanted 14 stitches to deal with wounds to her head, again and arm.
Talking to the media, Mr Pongdej stated he wasn’t keen to apologize to the sufferer at his funeral as a result of it could be beneath his dignity. Nevertheless, he was ready to apologise to his household and his former spouse, whom he nonetheless loves.
Ms Sai stated her ex-husband drank each night time and refused to work.
Her kids witnessed the assault from behind the entrance door, because the pane within the door was damaged. “I used to be fortunate I locked the door once I went out to assist, or he could have attacked them too. I’ll by no means love him once more after what he did,” she stated.
Among the many mourners at Suwan’s funeral was his former spouse from 16 years in the past, Sri Chantapanya, 64, who stated he was hard-working however possessive.
Mr Pongdej has additionally been married as soon as earlier than, in accordance with his mom, whereas Ms Sai, in accordance with locals, has some 5 husbands from prior relationships.
Police say Mr Pongdej had instructed locals that someday he would stab the sufferer within the head. They charged him with homicide with intent, trespass and assault.
Dowry? However we’re companions
A Chaiyaphum man shot his former associate after she insisted they marry if he needed to maneuver in together with her.
Pramote Kamlangkla
Nong Bua Daeng police nabbed Pramote Kamlangkla, 50, for killing Noothong Puangyod, additionally 50, after she spurned his calls for that he transfer in, days after she attended her ex-husband’s funeral.
He tracked her right down to a good friend’s home after earlier threatening to take her life. He shot her within the head with barely a phrase, stated her good friend, whom the killer additionally attacked earlier than fleeing.
The pair had been collectively for 1-2 years after she break up up together with her ex-husband and father to their two kids, however had parted methods earlier than his loss of life, in accordance with the sufferer’s household.
The ex-husband died not too long ago from an sickness and his funeral had wrapped up simply days earlier than. It’s unclear why Mr Pramote selected this second to ask if he may transfer in.
Nevertheless, apparently involved about appearances within the Ban Nong Hai Dai village the place she lives, she requested Mr Pramote to participate in a wrist-tying ceremony and pay a dowry of 10,000 baht if he needed to renew their relationship.
Noothong Puangyod
Thanom Kamlangkla, 81, Mr Pramote’s mom, stated her son instructed her earlier than the incident to say he supposed to kill Noothong.
He was burdened after she refused to speak to him, and suspected she had discovered another person. “He staked out her place for 2 or three days however she did not come residence, so he felt resentful,” she instructed the media.
“She additionally requested him to marry her, though that they had been collectively for ages. He helped her household construct a home in Si Sa Ket, and the home she lives in now. Additionally they purchased a bike collectively. However when he stated he had no cash for the dowry, she would not let him transfer in.” She pleaded together with her son to let bygones be bygones, however he refused.
Noothong sought the shelter of a good friend, Thawil Thongdee, 58, on the time of the assault. He stated the sufferer got here to see him at 7pm asking if she may keep the night time as she needed to keep away from the suspect. He had threatened to kill her and been inflicting issues over the previous week.
“We sat and watched TV till about 9pm once I noticed a torchlight outdoors. I assumed it was locals searching for frogs. The sunshine drew nearer till I heard Pramote say, ‘Oh, so that you’re right here, are you’.
“He rushed at her and shot her within the head. There was no argument beforehand, and she or he had no time to beg for her life.
“Pramote rushed at me too, kicking me within the head and stomping me within the collarbone space. He additionally hit me with the barrel of his gun,” he stated.
The sufferer’s eldest son, Thawatchai Krajangsri, who works in Bangkok, stated the killer and his mom had taken care of one another beforehand for 1-2 years with none dramas.
The motive was partly monetary, he stated, with the killer asking his mom to assist pay for fertiliser or farm tools. “He had turned up, measured the home, and brought her paperwork. When my mom came upon she laid a grievance and was again solely a short while earlier than the capturing occurred,” he stated.
Mr Thawatchai, who additionally has a youthful sister who works within the provinces, stated he was unhappy to lose his mum so quickly after his father’s loss of life. Police charged Mr Pramote with homicide with intent.
He is carried out all of it earlier than
Trang police are searching for a thief who wears a trademark fertiliser bag over his head when robbing motor restore retailers.
The burglar sporting a fertiliser bag as a disguise.
He additionally wears a soccer shirt with the quantity 13 on the again, and is thought to have robbed a minimum of two motor restore retailers of steel scrap, elements and tools over the previous month.
Certainly one of his targets was Boonrod Kan Chang restore store in Naphla, Muang district, which he robbed on Might 22.
Proprietor Sitthisak Chumekha, 33, stated the thief, whom he suspects is an expert, threw a canopy over two of the store’s 4 CCTV cameras.
Pictures from the opposite cameras recommend he was additionally sporting an digital monitoring bracelet round his leg. He made off with steel plates, a sequence from a backhoe, and tools price about 10,000 baht.
“My mates within the commerce stated the man sporting the sack has robbed quite a lot of locations in Nayong Tai, Ban Pho, Ban Kuan, Naphla, and Thap Thiang sub-districts not too long ago,” he grumbled.
Two days earlier than, the hooded man additionally robbed a restore store for 10-wheeler vans, Boonrod Kan Chang, in Naphla sub-district.
House owners Kosin Phitak and Nattakrit Chanchai, each 39, say the hooded thief made off with gear oil, a grinder, drill, starter motor, diesel oil, storage battery and 10kg of scrap steel, price about 20,000 baht in complete.
“He is daring. The thief got here again to hold stuff away twice in a single night time. Neither is he fearful of the CCTV,” Mr Kosin stated.
