Heat of the moment
A married man terrified his wife would find out about an illicit affair killed his lover rather than let the secret come out.
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Heat of the moment
A married man terrified his wife would find out about an illicit affair killed his lover rather than let the secret come out.
Sangwian Rodchan reconstructs the murder of his lover.
Police nabbed Sangwian “Lek” Rodchan, 52, at his Bangkok home on Oct 22 for strangling to death his Laos lover, Panlawee (no surname given), in his home province of Uthai Thani a few days before.
Mr Sangwian, a driver who also sells second-hand motorcycles part-time, left Bangkok with his wife on Oct 17 to make merit for his late father on the third anniversary of his death.
They were due to return to Bangkok two days later, but Panlawee, his illicit lover of two months who heard about his trip, turned up in the province’s Lan Sak district first.
This forced Mr Sangwian to open a room for her at a small resort about 7km away without telling his wife and family.
He…