British man beats wife to death in Ubon Ratchathani

[Jonathan Fairfield]

British man beats  wife to death in Ubon Ratchathani

 

Image: The Nation

 

A British man is in police custody after allegedly kicking his wife to death in fit of rage at a house in Ubon Ratchathani.

 

Kevin Smitham, 51, reportedly beat his wife Kanda, 29, after he refused to have sex with him and he accused her of having an affair, Banmuang reported.

 

Locals said that they heard the pair arguing around 10pm on Sunday evening.

 

However, it wasn’t until the next morning when a local monk found the body of Ms Kanda outside the property in Det Udom district.

 

Smitham reportedly admitted the attack, telling police he pushed his wife to the ground, before stamping on her twice and strangling her. He then dragged her body outside, covered it with a blanket and left it there until it was discovered on Monday morning.

 

Kanda Smitham

 

Despite admitting the attack he said he did not mean to kill his wife.

 

The couple are reportedly residents of Pattaya and have three children together.

 

They had been visiting Ms Kanda’s relatives in Ubon Ratchathani during Songkran.

 

According to her Facebook page, Kanda Smitham ran a popular fitness Facebook page with more than 28,000 followers.

 

Source: Banmuang

 

 

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[ravip]

RIP Lady.

The perpetrator should get the maximum he deserves + more.

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by ravip

[BangkokReady]

If you're married to a attractive person 22 years younger than you, paranoia is going to be pretty much a constant.

 

Maybe she was cheating, maybe she wasn't. Still, no reason to kill her.

[robblok]

I wonder how many will attribute this to the fragile farang ego and how many will comment on kicking someone who is down. I mean those are the things I read about when a Thai does something. Now that a foreigner does it... wonder how the comments will be.

 

I hope this guy rots in jail for what he has done.

Edited April 16, 2018 by robblok

[maxcorrigan]

Well this will bring out the usual brit bashers, saying that this ba..stard deserves the worst Thailand can throw at him and more, Scum!

[robblok]

1 minute ago, BangkokReady said:

If you're married to a attractive person 22 years younger than you, paranoia is going to be pretty much a constant.

 

Maybe she was cheating, maybe she wasn't. Still, no reason to kill her.

Unless you are sure of yourself and havent invested all your money in the relationship. 

 

 

[ukrules]

Some people seem to think he should get what he deserves and more, why more ?

 

Surely what he deserves is enough ?

 

It's a good job he had no drugs or he would really be in trouble. 5 to 10 years max.

[robblok]

1 minute ago, maxcorrigan said:

Well this will bring out the usual brit bashers, saying that this ba..stard deserves the worst Thailand can throw at him and more, Scum!

Ah the Brit bashes are always outnumbered by the Thai basters. 

 

For the record this bastard deserves the worst Thailand can throw at him.. and so does anyone else who commits murder. No need to be a Brit brasher for that.. just someone who hates murderers. 

[robblok]

1 minute ago, ukrules said:

Some people seem to think he should get what he deserves and more, why more ?

 

Surely what he deserves is enough ?

 

It's a good job he had no drugs or he would really be in trouble. 5 to 10 years max.

I hope he does a lot more then that.. 5 to 10 years is nothing for taking a life they even get more in my soft country. 

[Just Weird]

4 minutes ago, robblok said:

I wonder how many will attribute this to the fragile farang ego and how many will comment on kicking someone who is down. I mean those are the things I read about when a Thai does something. Now that a foreigner does it... wonder how the comments will be.

 

I hope this guy rots in jail for what he has doen.

I agree 100% with your first paragraph...and there will likely be more posters complaining as to why his nationality was mentioned!

[canuckamuck]

3 minutes ago, robblok said:

I wonder how many will attribute this to the fragile farang ego and how many will comment on kicking someone who is down. I mean those are the things I read about when a Thai does something. Now that a foreigner does it... wonder how the comments will be.

 

I hope this guy rots in jail for what he has doen.

I think people will find this unusually high violence for a westerner, so will not attribute to any cultural failings. Perhaps the man has gone native.

[observer90210]

Why did he marry her and what was he expecting in return ?

 

Why did she marry him and what was she expecting in return ?

 

RIP of course....

[maxcorrigan]

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Ah the Brit bashes are always outnumbered by the Thai basters. 

 

For the record this bastard deserves the worst Thailand can throw at him.. and so does anyone else who commits murder. No need to be a Brit brasher for that.. just someone who hates murderers. 

Well i for one do not bash Thais, or any other nationality come to that, so you can't aim that one at me.

[kingkenny]

Looking at her Facebook page they have three young chldren. 

[robblok]

Just now, canuckamuck said:

I think people will find this unusually high violence for a westerner, so will not attribute to any cultural failings. Perhaps the man has gone native.

I don't find it high violence at al for a foreigner, we are capable of the same violence as Thais.. kicking a girl in the head.. strangling her. I think foreigners should be reminded that wherever you come from there will be always scum like this and should stop judging Thais based on their scum. Just like I don't hold the Brits responsible for this scum or the Dutch for the pedo guy. 

 

I often watch documentaries, and believe me whatever country you choose there are always animals like this. 

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, maxcorrigan said:

Well i for one do not bash Thais, or any other nationality come to that, so you can't aim that one at me.

Not aiming at you at all.. there is just a huge discrepancy between comments on crimes committed by Thais and those same crimes done by foreigners. 

[phetphet]

It's the children I feel sorry for. Lost their mother, and soon the father.

[robblok]

5 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Why did he marry her and what was he expecting in return ?

 

Why did she marry him and what was she expecting in return ?

 

RIP of course....

Im sure she did not expect him to kill her.

 

Reading in the BKK post he expected her to have sex with her whenever he wanted.. at least it states in that article he became angry that she did not want to have sex with him and then he kicked her in the head. 

[Jeremy50]

7 minutes ago, maxcorrigan said:

Well this will bring out the usual brit bashers, saying that this ba..stard deserves the worst Thailand can throw at him and more, Scum!

I'm a Brit,and  I say throw the book at him. The poor wife murdered because she 'refused to have sex'. Every woman has the right to say NO. Just because you are married doesn't give you ownership of her body, or some special right, in any way whatsoever.

 

  

[darksidedog]

Tragic for the kids. They have now effectively lost mum and dad in one hit.

I see the frustration in many people with a local wife, but terrible to see such frustration grow to this point.

 

[jenny2017]

Kevin Smitham, 51, reportedly beat his wife Kanda, 29, after he refused to have sex with him and he accused her of having an affair, Banmuang reported.

 

   I assume it's misspelled and his wife was a woman. Accusing her of having an affair with another man, doesn't mean that she had one.

 

   Smitham reportedly admitted the attack, telling police he pushed his wife to the ground, before stamping on her twice and strangling her. He then dragged her body outside, covered it with a blanket and left it there until it was discovered on Monday morning.

 

     "Pushed her to the ground, stamping on her twice and strangling her." But he wasn't trying to kill her?

 

 What a sad and unnecessary death of a Thai woman. He should get what he deserves. RIP> 

    

[Manny]

Issan Girl, English Guy, Pattaya, Sex, Death. Sounds all too familiar. Whatever socio economic class you choose to marry into in Thailand becomes your socio economic class in the eyes of the Thai Society. As long as you continue to financially service the contract you will be tolerated. The moral of the story is like real estate in Thailand, ~ Why buy when you can rent and always get the best socio economic location location location in that of a Thai wife who is the same socio economic and possibly education level as you Farang. With every Thai Woman you consider ask yoursel what is the reason she doesn't have a well to do Thai husband of the same or higher socio economic level as you. It's all about face, lifestyle and money for the Thai Girl so adopt the same means test for them as they have for you . Find a girl who doesn't need or want your money that is considered desirablee by the Thai Male counterparts. She needs her own house, car and money to even qualify OK. This is the Thai way. Thainess, after all you are in Thailand, so when in Thailand do like a Thai Man does. Like if it has kids, do not except as the Thai manual says something about damaged goods and a ten foot pole. Same goes for Issan Bar Girls. Short Time only, no ?  

[Kadilo]

Why did he marry her and what was he expecting in return ?
 
Why did she marry him and what was she expecting in return ?
 
RIP of course....

What’s that got to do with him killing her. ......apart from she wasn’t expecting to be killed


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[maxcorrigan]

3 minutes ago, kingkenny said:

Looking at her Facebook page they have three young chldren. 

That makes it even worse, hopefully their father (if he is their father, or at least their guardian) slammed up for a very long time hopefully, their mum murdered by their father, god what a mess RIP is all one can say now for the their poor mother, and God help them in their future life!

[robblok]

5 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Tragic for the kids. They have now effectively lost mum and dad in one hit.

I see the frustration in many people with a local wife, but terrible to see such frustration grow to this point.

 

 

If there is that much frustration.. why not divorce ? 

[Bangkokazy]

He deserves

He behaved as

Edited April 16, 2018 by Bangkokazy

[Raymonddiaz]

12 minutes ago, robblok said:

Not aiming at you at all.. there is just a huge discrepancy between comments on crimes committed by Thais and those same crimes done by foreigners. 

Thais outnumber foreigners that's the reason i think.

[robblok]

6 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Kevin Smitham, 51, reportedly beat his wife Kanda, 29, after he refused to have sex with him and he accused her of having an affair, Banmuang reported.

 

   I assume it's misspelled and his wife was a woman. Accusing her of having an affair with another man, doesn't mean that she had one.

 

   Smitham reportedly admitted the attack, telling police he pushed his wife to the ground, before stamping on her twice and strangling her. He then dragged her body outside, covered it with a blanket and left it there until it was discovered on Monday morning.

 

     "Pushed her to the ground, stamping on her twice and strangling her." But he wasn't trying to kill her?

 

 What a sad and unnecessary death of a Thai woman. He should get what he deserves. RIP> 

    

I think its standard to say after a murder that he was not trying to kill her. I mean its the standard it was an accident excuse that you see used here by many Thai males.. now a foreigner does it... we are not that different. Once in trouble everyone lies to get out of trouble.. few really fes up to it. 

 

But its sad to see this happening. 

[robblok]

1 minute ago, Raymonddiaz said:

Thais outnumber foreigners that's the reason i think.

I was more talking about how people were judged and how they always blame culture if its a Thai but when its a foreigner nobody mentions culture as then your attacking your own culture.. and that is not done of course.

 

Anyway happy to see so many here condemning the guy.  (normal to do so IMHO)

[DipStick]

10 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

I'm a Brit,and  I say throw the book at him. The poor wife murdered because she 'refused to have sex'. Every woman has the right to say NO. Just because you are married doesn't give you ownership of her body, or some special right, in any way whatsoever.

 

  

I accept that every woman has the right to say NO, hence the huge numbers of rapes reported. I am not sure about Thai law, but is it a crime for a man to rape his legal wife ? Of course rape is an act of violence but better than murder where there are three offspring involved