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Thai woman and lover jailed over murder - Harborough Today

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l Murdered...Ian Beeston with his wife Wachariewau, who has been jailed for his murder.













Published Date: 05 November 2009
THE THAI wife of a Harborough-born man has been jailed for life along with her lover after being found guilty of murdering her husband.
Ian Beeston (69), who grew up in Knights End Road, Great Bowden, was clubbed and stabbed to death in Roi-Et, north-eastern Thailand, on August 9, last year.

A murder trail started last Thursday and standing accused of Mr Beeston's murder were his 43-year-old wife Wachariewau Beeston (nee Kongmee) and her lover Songjit Channondon (49).

Unlike British law, where trials can takes weeks if not months, Thai justice proved swift.

Statements for prosecution and defence were given last Thursday and a Roi-Et courtroom found the defendants guilty.

The hearing was adjourned until yesterday, when Mr Beeston's wife and Channondon were sentenced to life behind bars.

It is believed Mr Beeston's wife denied the murder charge and that Channondon admitted assault but denied intending to kill Mr Beeston.

Under the strange system of Thai law, after Channondon was arrested last summer he was taken back to the scene of the murder and showed onlookers how he had clubbed Mr Beeston to death with a bamboo-like cane.

A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said yesterday: "We are aware of the sentencing of Wachariewau Kongmee and Songjit Channondon.

"Both have been found guilty at a Roi-Et courtroom and given life imprisonment for the murder of Mr Beeston.

"We are in close contact with the family."

Father-of-two Mr Beeston was described as a 'lovely chap' by neighbours in Thailand.

It is believed he moved to the country ten years ago and invested his £350,000 life savings in a guest house and restaurant.

A former pupil at Market Harborough Grammar School – now Robert Smyth – and a member of the town's air cadets, he moved away from Harborough when aged in his 20s.

His body was found in a blood-soaked room and Thai authorities said Mr Beeston may have taken as long as seven hours to die.

Mr Beeston's step-sister Hilary Dew, now of Worthing, told the Mail yesterday: "I'm pleased to hear they have been found guilty and that they are being punished.

"Being this distance away it's difficult to add any more."

However, she did query the thoroughness of the Thai legal system, given the brief tenure of the court hearing.

Mrs Dew's father, Arnold Tipper, married Mr Beeston's mother Lilian, but they both died in a car crash in Berkshire in 1966.

The full article contains 424 words and appears in Harborough Mail newspaper.
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• Last Updated: 05 November 2009 9:11 AM
• Source: Harborough Mail

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crazy dog

Great news, but I wonder what will happen to his assets? Would she inherit the house etc even after being convicted of murder?

Tom Sawyer

^
Wanna bet the 'justice' system in Thailand already thought of that? Wanna bet on 'time served'? A quick trial - unlike the one for the cop who killed the Canadian guy up in wherever it was with those shites at TV dot com trying to play it all down?

The thing for everyone to remember is this: Never be worth more to someone dead than alive.

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Muadib

^ Just how do you commute a life sentence to time served???

English Noodles

All you paranoid lot make me laugh, the trick is not to marry a lowlife.

kmart

Pretty much.

crazy dog

The Thai's I have met in the UK over the years married to falangs, ex bar girls or not have been mostly low lifes. You can hear them asking each other how much they get from their 'loved ones' or what they are planning to get out of them. When they don't get it they move on to another mug.

callippo

UK Thais definitely do have a tendency to be mercenary, and not just the ex bargirls. They always seem to be active in those cultural associations where there's a chance of some money coming their way. A lot of them just have this hardened materialistic streak and adhere even more than usual to the pointscoring and grandstanding that typifies Thai society. With some exceptions, I've learned to steer pretty clear of Thais in the UK, and I don't do that with Malaysians and Filipinos.

StrontiumDog

I'm glad to hear of this outcome. May they rot in jail.

filch

Really?

Not really.

Really?

corned dog

Wish I was perfect like you Mrs Noodles

English Noodles

Just because I said 'don't marry a lowlife' you decide to make a snide remark, that shows plenty about the health of any relationship you can ever form.
Like I said, don't marry a lowlife.

beazalbob69

Judging from all the Thai bashing on this forum I think quite a few people didnt take your advice

English Noodles

Without a doubt.

zubber

thats my experience .they like to upgrade to a bloke with better looks ,younger and more lolly in the bank ,until they hit the jackpot .mind you Rupert Murdocks wife was the same when she escaped from china ,upgrading till she bagged Rupert .

English Noodles

Depends what the relationship is based on. Contrary to popular belief amongst many misguided farang in Thailand, you can't buy love.

StrontiumDog

Zubber, Yeah, she really lucked out...ummmm, yeah, great catch....