Previous football ref tries suicide after lady stabbed to death
PUBLISHED: 22 Jul 2023 at 17:55
CHON BURI: Pattaya authorities have actually jailed a previous football referee who apparently stabbed a regional guesthouse owner to death and after that tried suicide on Saturday.
Authorities and rescue employees hurried to Jomtien Beach Roadway in Bang Lamung district and discovered 57-year-old Sunthorn Porjai, a physical fitness instructor and ex-Thai Football League referee, in a delirious state and covered in blood from an open injury on his neck.
Mr Sunthorn, likewise referred to as Ben, was holding a 40cm knife, which he had actually connected to his arm and utilized to ward off authorities before ultimately passing out.
Emergency situation employees handled to approach him, supply help and transportation him to Pattaya Health center. It was later on found that he had actually likewise been stabbed in the stomach and had actually severed his own oesophagus.
At the scene, authorities found the lifeless body of a female depending on a swimming pool of blood behind a counter inside the structure. She was determined as guesthouse owner Saowaji Lekkian, 51. Preliminary observations recommended that she had actually passed away from a stab injury to the neck, and she likewise had several slashes on her head.
According to a motorbike cabby who reported the occurrence, he heard shrieking and experienced Sunthorn hugely slashing at the lady before turning the knife on himself. The opponent, in his crazed state, then wielded the knife to avoid others from approaching him and continued to hurt himself.
Cops stated Saowaji had actually submitted a cops report in March mentioning that she had actually gotten a threatening call. This led them to think that she understood Sunthorn and may have been associated with an adulterous relationship with him, which ultimately caused her murder.
Saowaji’s hubby, Prakrot Lekkian, 58, might not be questioned as he remained in a state of shock. He verified that they had actually been wed for over twenty years and had 2 kids together, however he was uninformed of the situations surrounding her murder.
