Finnish man fatally stabbed by Thai Girlfriend in South Pattaya

[Pattaya One]

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On Sunday evening at 6pm Pattaya Police received reports of a foreign man who had been stabbed and was lying in the middle of a street presumably dead. Police Major General Katcha, the Provincial Police Commander was informed and rushed to the scene, at the Suksabai Villas in South Pattaya. In the middle of the street lay the body of Mr. Timo Juhani Tara aged 65. He had been stabbed in his left chest area and the blood-stained knife thought to have been used in the attack was located close to the body. A witness to the apparent murder was Khun Somboon aged 28 who drove past a heated argument between the victim and a Thai woman, thought to be aged in her forties. She was then seen to stab Mr. Tara and leave on her red and black Honda Click motorbike. Police were able to determine that Mr. Tara lived in a rented apartment in Soi Khopai, also in South Pattaya, and went to check his room. Nothing unusual was found but Police discovered the suspected attacker was Khun Vassana aged 40, Mr. Tara’s live-in girlfriend. Residents confirmed seeing and hearing the victim and the suspect argue on numerous occasions inside their 2nd floor apartment. An arrest warrant has now been issued in her name. Residents at the apartment complex confirmed seeing her less than one hour before Police arrived and she sold here mobile phone to the owner of a local convenience store. Investigators presume she used the money to fund her escape from Pattaya. Police are now searching for the murder suspect at this time and hope to arrest her soon.

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[THAJEC]

I was just wondering how many years in prison for the same murder rate in Thailand. Who know it?

Edited October 7, 2012 by THAJEC