Wilai Thipsema has been
charged with murdering her husband.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
A Pattaya hotel shuttle driver died after being stabbed in the
chest during an argument with his wife.
Sawat Jaiprasit, 56, suffered a single 10cm stab wound to the heart and
died at his apartment house on Soi Nongkrabok 3 in Nongprue.
Down the hall, police found a drunk and babbling Wilai Thipsema, 54, who
was holding a bloody, 15cm pair of scissors in her hand.
Police said Wilai confessed to killing her husband following a noisy
argument over her slamming the refrigerator door. She told police she’d
been drinking with neighbors, but returned home as she was hungry. Wilai
said she asked her husband to buy her food, but he refused, as he was
lying down after returning from work.
Angry, she slammed the refrigerator door. She claimed this angered her
tired husband, who cam at her with a knife as punishment. She said she
grabbed the closest thing nearby - the scissors - to defend herself.
Neighbors described the victim from Lamphun as a “quiet and good man”
who worked hard and rested after coming home. Wilai, on the other hand,
was described as a gambling-addicted drunk who often screamed and
annoyed neighbors.
Wilai was charged with homicide.
