Thai wife pays 500K for Denmark husband's murder - they make it look like an accident but he survives

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Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a 48 year old Thai wife arranged to have her 63 year old Danish husband murdered in Thailand for 500,000 baht.

 

Via an older friend it was arranged that a relative would drive into the foreigner as he rode his motorcycle by a field. 

 

But despite a serious collision that left a hole in a windshield - a picture in Thai Rath was published - Mr. Larsen survived with serious injuries. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The plot to get 10 million baht in life insurance soon unravelled and three people are in custody.

 

Mr Larsen remains in Srisawan Hospital in the central/northern province of Nakhon Sawan.

 

Yesterday Pol Maj-Gen Attasit Sutsanguan, Region 6 deputy, gave details of the case.

 

Now in custody after warrants were issued on charges of arranging murder are Mr Larsen's wife Pratheep Fang Larsen, 48, and Jemjan Khamkaew, 60.

 

On Thursday of last week, 21st April, the small sub-police station of Nong Krot received a report of a collision between a car and a motorcycle in Beung Pla Thu sub-district of Ban Photphisai district. 

 

A grey Toyota with Lampang plates had collided with the bike ridden by Mr Larsen propelling him into a field. 

 

Driving the Toyota was Ekkasit Wichajan, 24.

 

Ekkasit claimed it was an accident and it appeared that way at first, said Attasit. But soon there appeared inconsistencies and it became obvious this had been deliberate and was a staged accident.

 

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Under intense interrogation Ekkasit broke down and admitted that he was hired by his relative Jemjan to kill Mr Larsen but failed.

 

It emerged that Pratheep Larsen had paid her friend 500,000 baht to arrange her husband's death so she could claim 10 million baht in life insurance.

 

The Larsen's have two children and had been living in Denmark for many years.

 

But they came back to Thailand and couldn't return because of the pandemic.

 

They had purchased tens of rai of land for 20 million baht but a dispute arose.

 

The wife wanted a divorce but the husband opposed this. 

 

They could not get back to Denmark because of the pandemic.

 

It was also reported that ten years ago Jemjan was charged with organising someone's murder but was acquitted. 

 

Ekkasit was promised a new car for killing Mr Larsen but after he failed he was given just 10,000 baht for his trouble.

 

All three are now in custody as Mr Larsen recovers in hospital.  

 

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[RandiRona]

A plot out of movie it seems.....not sure how much of driving those flimsy 'bike's make sense when you are carrying a big insurance cover.

[mtls2005]

How is Mr. Larsen doing?

 

What's his prognosis?

 

Wishing him a speedy and fully recovery.

 

 

[Hayduke]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai wife pays 500K for Denmark husband's murder - they make it look like an accident but he survives

 

Cold blooded b**ch....sounds like the type who will even demand her money back.

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

This article seems at odds with another in the amount of LI and land, but it does not matter in the end. Her rights to all including the land should be revoked...m

[BlueScouse]

At least she will probably get the divorce she wanted.

 

[kcpattaya]

Enough content for a good movie.
Contact Netflix please!

[kcpattaya]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Jemjan was charged with organising someone's murder but was acquitted

I guess this old case will be opened again?

[Enzian]

Long ago a Japanese American friend who was involved in divorce with a Thai woman cautioned everyone in his circle of friends that, in Thailand, always arrange matters so that you are worth more to everyone by being alive than dead, and I've lived by those words.

[law ling]

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

It was also reported that ten years ago Jemjan was charged with organising someone's murder but was acquitted. 

Jemjan (the wife's friend that organised it) probably won't be acquitted this time ... but you never know ...

[mancub]

26 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

How is Mr. Larsen doing?

 

What's his prognosis?

 

Wishing him a speedy and fully recovery.

 

 

...and pity the children also.

[hughrection]

21 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

This article seems at odds with another in the amount of LI and land, but it does not matter in the end. Her rights to all including the land should be revoked...m

This brings up an interesting point - when she does do time, will she still be entitled to half their fortune when she gets out?

 

I think she does here in the Land of smiles. ????

[bkk6060]

Good news for the accidents stats you can subtract this one from the numbers.

[Mr Vice]

Haven't seen one of these for a few years, things must be returning to normal!

[BE88]

And now many are thinking that perhaps it was not a good idea to take out life insurance for the wife.

[BangkokReady]

36 minutes ago, Enzian said:

always arrange matters so that you are worth more to everyone by being alive than dead, and I've lived by those words

So you're happy to live with a family that would kill you for money, because you've financially incentivised them to not do so?

[worgeordie]

The state of the car in that photo ,he's very lucky to be alive,

hope he returns to full health, she deserves to rot in prison, 

20 million Baht in land not enough for her ,got greedy.

regards worgeordie 

[robblok]

9 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

So you're happy to live with a family that would kill you for money, because you've financially incentivised them to not do so?

Yea.. i don't think the advice is good. It should be find a girl that is not with you for your money or find a girl that actually likes spending time with yuou.

 

I mean if you base a relationship on money you attract the wrong kind and some of those are evil like this woman and will get you killed.

I would say this happens rarely but it does. But its all about selecting the right girl. 

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, BlueScouse said:

At least she will probably get the divorce she wanted.

 

Maybe she will be executed, hopefully by a reenactment of the original accident yet at a higher speed, and then he will become a widower and own the land with his Half /Danish Thai Children...That would be the true happy ending to this story and she would get the Karma she so deserves.

[RJRS1301]

1 hour ago, kcpattaya said:

I guess this old case will be opened again?

Why reopen it?

Resolved with a not guilty finding, unless they new evidence, it could be seen as an abuse of process.

 

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The plot to get 10 million baht in life insurance soon unravelled and three people are in custody.

Another reason to avoid insurance in Thailand.

[RafPinto]

`Good on the police.
I'm quick to criticise but here, well done.

[Gecko123]

God bless the RTP for cracking this case. Hopefully this will get a lot of publicity and have powerful deterrence value. You ask me, taking out life insurance naming your Thai wife as a beneficiary is akin to having a death wish. Like putting a sign on your back "Please kill me." Spare me the "bitter loser" comments. The fact is, you're incentivizing someone to kill you. There's something about the words "life insurance" that inflames imaginations over here. Yes, I get it, not everyone is like that, but you're deciphering tea leaves through heavy duty language, cultural, and, oftentimes, socioeconomic filters. I say, why take the risk?

[robblok]

15 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

God bless the RTP for cracking this case. Hopefully this will get a lot of publicity and have powerful deterrence value. You ask me, taking out life insurance naming your Thai wife as a beneficiary is akin to having a death wish. Like putting a sign on your back "Please kill me." Spare me the "bitter loser" comments. The fact is, you're incentivizing someone to kill you. There's something about the words "life insurance" that inflames imaginations over here. Yes, I get it, not everyone is like that, but you're deciphering tea leaves through heavy duty language, cultural, and, oftentimes, socioeconomic filters. I say, why take the risk?

Id say if your with someone who potentially will kill you for money your crazy. I mean if that is what you are worried about you should study the relation that you have. If you don't even trust your wife not to kill you for money then something is totally wrong in your relation.

 

I woudl say that there is no real relation then just a woman that needs your money and the guy seems to know it because why fear it otherwise.

 

I would say the  most basic thing you can do in a real relation is making sure your wife gets your money or some other money after your dead. It rarely happens that someone kills you for money and if that is what your worried about examine your relationship. 

 

[Ralf001]

"couldn't return because of the pandemic. "

 

His own country would not allow entry ?

[Adumbration]

The propensity for evil seems to increase here in direct correlation to wealth.

[JimmyJ]

"Under intense interrogation Ekkasit broke down and admitted that he was hired by his relative Jemjan to kill Mr Larsen but failed."

 

"Under intense interrogation..."

 

"Officer Somchai - Off to 7-11 - we've run out of plastic bags!"

 

 

[aussienam]

Rinse and repeat stories from LOS. 

I ran into a black widow here in Thailand. 

Her ex partner revealed how her ex-boyfriend in Korat wanted to leave her. 

Unfortunately for him, he had life insurance with her as a beneficiary.  Lo and behold he suddenly died of poisoning in his food, with her claiming he tried to 'kill her as well as himself, with her miraculously surviving!

Insurance won't cover suicides so police must have written report as a misadventure with her with her cleaning up on a fraudulent insurance claim, probable murder and distraught parents in Europe to deal with yet another dead foreigner likely murdered in the LOS.

The lady in question - she hoodwinks everyone into believing how sweet she is.  A true narcissist and sociopath and still scamming and swindling unsuspecting males of money.  

[Gecko123]

59 minutes ago, robblok said:

Id say if your with someone who potentially will kill you for money your crazy. I mean if that is what you are worried about you should study the relation that you have. If you don't even trust your wife not to kill you for money then something is totally wrong in your relation.

 

I woudl say that there is no real relation then just a woman that needs your money and the guy seems to know it because why fear it otherwise.

 

I would say the  most basic thing you can do in a real relation is making sure your wife gets your money or some other money after your dead. It rarely happens that someone kills you for money and if that is what your worried about examine your relationship. 

 

It's easy to toss around platitudes about "if there's no trust, there can't be any love." I don't think anybody "totally" trusts anybody, when you get right down to it. We can debate whether "truly" knowing what's going on in someone else's heart and mind is possible, even in the best of circumstances. Plenty of philosophers have expressed skepticism about this.

 

My point was that when you throw in language barriers, cultural differences, and the socioeconomic motives for a Thai woman to enter into a relationship with an older foreign man, good luck reading the tea leaves, brother. Even if someone thinks they enjoy a high degree of trust with someone, things can change over time. 

 

It should also be pointed out that if a foreigner is in a May- December (large age difference) relationship with a Thai woman, as many here are, over time, there's got to be an elevated risk of disaffection and infidelity which can sometimes be a motive for foul play. I would argue this should be considered when evaluating the advisability of taking out life insurance with your wife as the beneficiary.

 

[OneMoreFarang]

And if her husband would be dead then I guess there would be a high chance that she would have gotten away with murder.