Police in Roi-Et have announced the arrest of a man preying on vulnerable victims at hospitals in the North East of Thailand.
The thief admitted to 19 thefts saying he spent his money on women.
Apichart Chaiprapa, 25, was arrested on a warrant after enjoying himself in the Si Som resort in Mahasarakham.
He had been spending some of the proceeds from a theft at the end of June from a villager who was sleeping at Roi-Et Hospital where her husband was terminally ill.
Jan Sakaet, 54, reported to police after being robbed of 48,000 baht from a bag she was clutching while sleeping outside the room of her husband Somsri, aged 60.
She had sold the family buffalo to get the money to take care of him.
The next day he died.
Police investigations from CCTV led them to believe that the thief was also responsible for a theft at a hospital in Yasothorn and a warrant for the arrest of Apichart was issued.
The thief admitted to 11 thefts in Roi-Et Hospital, four in Mukdahan, two in Yasothorn and two in Mahasarakham. All the victims were targeted in hospitals.
He said he blew the money on women and when it was finished he just went to get some more.
You come across some very unpleasant people when researching news articles but this character has to rank as the lowest of the low.
Thais believe in karma and I sincerely hope they are right and he catches something very, very nasty !
(Source:-Thai Rath)