A 71-year-old Bangkok man has been arrested for allegedly shooting dead the husband of his much younger mistress.
Songkram Ratanakhom was arrested at his rented apartment on Soi Praditphat 17 in Phayathai district, Samsen Nai sub-district, on Wednesday morning.
He was charged with murdering Supoj Maenram, 30. The chartered van driver was shot twice in the head and once in the chest at 10pm Tuesday while sitting in his van in front of his house on nearby Soi Pradiphat 21.
A Beretta gun was found in Songkram’s flat.
The commission claimed the older man had been involved in an extramarital affair for several years with Supoj’s wife, whose age was not immediately known but described as “young”.
He’d bought her a gold necklace, but then learned that Supoj had pawned it and refused to buy it back. Songkram recovered the necklace himself but was angry at the husband.
Knowing that Supoj often slept in his van, Songkram found him there and shot him dead then admitted to the crime.
At first Songkram sought to flee, taking a bus to Ngam Wong Wan district, but changed his mind and returned home.
Apparently had Songkram acted out of sudden rage and the believed that Supoj treated his wife so poorly that he had to provide for her.
Songkram re-enacted the crime for police at the scene and was then taken to Bang Sue police station and booked for murder.
(Source:-The Nation, Thailand)