Thread: Man arrested for hammer-murder of sleeping 70-year-old

Murder suspect Sirichai Khotchasiripong, 40, (orange shirt) is taken to the Nirit pier's pavilion in Surat Thani for a crime re-enactment on Tuesday. He is accused of slaying a sleeping 70-year-old man with a hammer. (Photo taken from Surat Thani rescue volunteer Sriarun Ngeiyatirakul Facebook page)


SURAT THANI - A suspect arrested for allegedly bludgeoning a 70-year-old man to death in Muang district has claimed he was provoked by the victim, who scolded his parents and threatened to kill his family.

Sirichai Khotchasiripong, 40, was apprehended at a rented house in tambon Makham Tia on Tuesday on charges of killing Sophon Ruangphan on Dec 24, said Pol Maj Gen Apichart Boonsriroj, chief of Surat Thani police.

Mr Suphon, 70, was sleeping on a chair in the pavilion at the Nirit pier when an intruder hit him on the head with a hammer late on Saturday night. He was found dead with the hammer still lodged in his skull.

The police investigation led to the arrest of Mr Sirichai.

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Originally Posted by misskit

He was found dead with the hammer still lodged in his skull.

Nice touch to end the report...

^ Looks just like him, too...

Sure looks a big tough guy.

We had a couple of street kids do a job on an old Homeless guy back in Perth a few months ago.

Not with a hammer but the results were the same.

Sick fuks around eh.

1 bullet, just off em.

At least they arrested someone.

If it was a foreigner with the hammertime problem, it would be declared a suicide.

Or it would somehow be justified.