Popular Post webfact Posted December 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2013 An old story from 2006 - which The Daily Mail added it to their newsfeed as a story with today's date - we can only presume this was a mistake. Brit killed and barbecued after split from Thai brideHUA HIN: -- A former public schoolboy was barbecued by his Thai wife after divorcing her when she ran up massive gambling debts, a court heard.Toby Charnaud, 41, was clubbed to death with an iron bar and wooden staves by relatives of his ex-wife, Pannada Laoruang.She then helped them burn his body on a charcoal fire, before chopping it up and scattering the charred remains around Kaeng Krajan National Park on the Thai-Burma border.A Thai court heard how Mr Charnaud, who was educated at Marlborough College, sold £2.5million Latimer Manor estate near Chippenham, Wiltshire, after falling in love with 35-year-old Laoruang, whom he met in a Bangkok bar while on holiday.The estate included a six-bedroom manor house with stables and paddocks.After marrying, they lived with his parents in England before settling in the resort of Hua Hin, where he bought two bars to run with his new wife and became a popular figure in the local golf club.They had a baby, but their relationship collapsed after Laoruang accumulated debts of £50,000 in high stakes card games. Mr Charnaud divorced his wife, giving her a £11,000 settlement, plus another £6,100 to help pay off her debts.But when he visited her home after she called him to see their five-year-old son, Daniel, last March, three men tried to shoot him with a hunting musket. When the weapon backfired, they beat him to death.Miss Laoruang later reported her husband missing to police. But in court she admitted it had been a lie, and she had in fact returned home from the market to find his body. Mr Charnaud's body was burned using 45lb (20kg) of charcoal bought earlier in the day, the court heard.The murder was discovered only when Mr Charnaud's family in Britain became suspicious about his sudden disappearance and hired a local private detective to investigate.After mobile phone records showed he had been at his ex-wife's house on the day he vanished, police raided the home - where two of the defendants confessed and led police to the body parts. The Charnauds' family lawyer, Boonchu Yensabai, told Petchaburi provincial court: "The only motive can be that Pannada expected to inherit everything through their son." [read more...]Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-398630/Brit-killed-barbecued-split-Thai-bride.html-- Daily Mail 2013-12-28 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted December 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2013 Go here for todays news stories on Thailand Live: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/692370-thailand-live-saturday-28-dec-2013/ The Daily Mail must be on a slow news day, I think we can close this. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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