Previous football ref tries suicide after female stabbed to death
PUBLISHED: 22 Jul 2023 at 17:55
CHON BURI: Pattaya cops have actually detained 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 called Ben, was holding a 40cm knife, which he had actually connected to his arm and utilized to ward off authorities prior to ultimately passing out.
Emergency situation employees handled to approach him, supply help and transportation him to Pattaya Healthcare facility. 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, cops found the lifeless body of a lady depending on a swimming pool of blood behind a counter inside the structure. She was recognized 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 bike cabby who reported the occurrence, he heard shouting and saw Sunthorn extremely slashing at the female prior to turning the knife on himself. The enemy, in his crazed state, then wielded the knife to avoid others from approaching him and continued to damage himself.
Cops stated Saowaji had actually submitted an authorities 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 spouse, Prakrot Lekkian, 58, might not be questioned as he remained in a state of shock. He validated that they had actually been wed for over twenty years and had 2 kids together, however he was uninformed of the scenarios surrounding her murder.
