Boonlua Chatree
A Thai prostitute was arrested for allegedly killing her elderly Belgian
customer, saying he paid her only 50 baht for four months of service.
Bunta Phumlamnao has allegedly
confessed to murdering Belgian Edouard Gabrielle Hubert.
Bunta Phumlamnao, 37, was taken into custody at the Niran
Grand Condominium on Soi Arunothai June 21. She was still holding a bloody,
30-centimeter knife when officers arrived.
Lying on the adjacent bed was the body of Edouard Gabrielle Hubert, 78,
stabbed once in the heart.
Police said Bunta confessed to killing the Belgian, who she had contracted
with for 1,000 baht per day. However, after staying with him for four
months, she said, Hubert had only paid her 50 baht.
Police said the couple was drinking in his condo when an argument broke out,
Bunta claims Hubert hit her and she stabbed him in self-defense.
Neighbor Anonglak Jankhot, 42, said she and her husband, also Belgian, heard
Hubert calling for help. She told police she went to the balcony and saw a
staggering Hubert bleeding from the chest. She and her husband went into his
condo to help, but it was too late. The Belgian husband restrained Bunta
while Anonglak called security.
