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Police in Phonphaeng sub-district of Nong Khai in the north east of Thailand were called after a man threw a Sparta knife at his wife.

 

Bunpeng, 49, was waiting to surrender when the cops arrived. He was covered in blood. The knife was recovered.

 

He said that he and his wife and friends had been drinking yesterday. He stopped then implored his wife Dara to do likewise and get some work done on the windows. 

 

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She didn't stop and so he hurled the knife into the drinking circle. It hit her in the side of the neck and she later died in hospital, reported Thai Rath.

 

Bunpeng has been charged with negligent homicide.

 

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3 minutes ago, webfact said:

he hurled the knife into the drinking circle.

guns and knives do kill people.   if there wasn't a knife, it would be poison.  something.

 

drinking, drugs, education, stress over money or relationship or both, etc.......  these stories won't stop.

 

me:  two beers in two years.    everyone's different.  

Negligent homicide?

 

Negligent homicide refers to the killing of another person through reckless or negligent behavior. It differs from other forms of homicide due to the implied lack of malice and intent.

 

Murder more like

.

I would not call hurling a Sparta knife at someone 'negligent'.

"He said that he had been drinking"

 

Should be on every journalists clip board when reporting domestic abuse/murder.

40 minutes ago, Iamfalang said:

guns and knives do kill people.   if there wasn't a knife, it would be poison.  something.

 

drinking, drugs, education, stress over money or relationship or both, etc.......  these stories won't stop.

 

me:  two beers in two years.    everyone's different.  

What´s with the silly last info? I have been drinking over a 1 000 beer in 2 years. Still don´t kill people. 

It would be quite unlikely that a thrown knife would enter a persons neck and kill them . 

   Could be that he deliberately stabbed her with the knife and hes hoping to get a lenient jail sentence by claiming it was accidental ?

49 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

It would be quite unlikely that a thrown knife would enter a persons neck and kill them . 

   Could be that he deliberately stabbed her with the knife and hes hoping to get a lenient jail sentence by claiming it was accidental ?

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She didn't stop and so he hurled the knife into the drinking circle.

As she was in a 'drinking circle' at the time one has to assume that there were a number of witnesses to this incident. I'm sure their account will be a lot more reliable than your guesswork.

 

It seems to me that 'negligent homicide' is probably the correct charge, although he might have chosen something a little less lethal to throw at her.

He wasn't trying to kill her, he just threw a big-*ss knife at her is all.

 

 

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

Negligent homicide?

 

Negligent homicide refers to the killing of another person through reckless or negligent behavior. It differs from other forms of homicide due to the implied lack of malice and intent.

 

Murder more like

.

I would not call hurling a Sparta knife at someone 'negligent'.

Murder you need to prove intent.  Throwing a knife at someone with  a reckless indifference as to where the knife lands and if in fact even intended to penetrate the skin, in a drunken rage would be a difficult one to prove. A single penetrating wound from a knife thrown from a distance.  A hard one.  

You would need admissions of intent or witnesses, technical evidence hearing his intent.  

 

The action may have been a spontaneous outburst. The negligent homicide charge is basically negligent manslaughter (I would be saying reckless manslaughter).  He may well have had intent but good luck proving that.  

5 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

me:  two beers in two years.    everyone's different.

You can still kill someone by throwing one of those 2 bottles..????

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He stopped then implored his wife Dara to do likewise and get some work done on the windows. 

Guess he had other plans, lazy git !!!!

6 hours ago, webfact said:

She didn't stop and so he hurled the knife into the drinking circle. It hit her in the side of the neck and she later died in hospital,

As one does.

6 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

What´s with the silly last info? I have been drinking over a 1 000 beer in 2 years. Still don´t kill people. 

yep me also 1000s.. not killed a single one 

4 hours ago, bendejo said:

He wasn't trying to kill her, he just threw a big-*ss knife at her is all.

 

 

Perhaps he had been watching Crocodile Dundee earlier ?

the key word is "Windows"

most likely re-installing, upgrading or making backups on Windows system. Can be different if she wasn't that tech-savvy and the version was pirate (most in LOS). So when policemen asked him "Why did you kill your wife?" He could easily claim on Microsoft.

Here it is. Exactly as I predicted yesterday...another wife murderer. Typical "bleeping" imbecile. Thai "men-children"...

6 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

What´s with the silly last info? I have been drinking over a 1 000 beer in 2 years. Still don´t kill people. 

Most people do not , but some people lose control and then that causes them to kill people 

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

8 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

guns and knives do kill people.   if there wasn't a knife, it would be poison.  something.

 

drinking, drugs, education, stress over money or relationship or both, etc.......  these stories won't stop.

 

me:  two beers in two years.    everyone's different.  

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What´s with the silly last info? I have been drinking over a 1 000 beer in 2 years. Still don´t kill people

But can you throw a knife?

I had to Google Sparta knife to see what it was. It is a nasty looking knife and you can buy them online at Lazada.

2 hours ago, kidneyw said:

But can you throw a knife?

Yess, if she can… you too

On 4/18/2022 at 10:10 AM, Gottfrid said:

What´s with the silly last info? I have been drinking over a 1 000 beer in 2 years. Still don´t kill people. 

1,000 beers in 2 years.? 10 a week.?

10 small bottles a week should not turn anyone into a killer, nor 10 large ones come to that. 

9 hours ago, rott said:

1,000 beers in 2 years.? 10 a week.?

10 small bottles a week should not turn anyone into a killer, nor 10 large ones come to that. 

Over 1000. Lost count after that.

On 4/18/2022 at 4:21 PM, Harveyboy said:

yep me also 1000s.. not killed a single one 

I've drank 400 and killed 17 people. 

On 4/18/2022 at 5:24 PM, Excel said:

Perhaps he had been watching Crocodile Dundee earlier ?

Maybe but Crocodile Dundee didn't kill the guy

I am interested that the article mentioned that it was a "Sparta knife".

Can we expect an ad campaign?

Something like "drunken wife?, lose her with a Sparta knife"?

Maybe a photo of "Bunpeng, 49" smiling in his prison togs?