Mother robbed of 300,000 baht, suffers broken arm, misses son’s wedding

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PHOTO via Sanook

 

An opportunistic thief yesterday robbed a mother carrying her son’s wedding gift worth 300,000 baht in cash and precious gold jewellery. The incident occurred on the day of the ceremony, resulting in not only the loss of valuables but also a broken arm for the victim. As a consequence, she was unable to attend her son’s wedding. The unfortunate incident took place near the Uthai Road-Tanot Tia Temple in the Uthai district of PPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province.

 

The victim, Nam Oi, led reporters to the scene of the crime, which occurred yesterday, Wednesday, May 17. At approximately 5.30am the 47 year old factory worker was travelling by motorcycle to a beauty salon to have her hair and make-up done. Accompanied by her husband driving the bike, she carried a bag with cash and gold jewellery (two gold bracelets and two necklaces), which she intended to present as a dowry at her son’s wedding later that day.

 

Nam told police that while returning home after her make-up appointment, a criminal on a black motorcycle attempted to snatch her bag. As a result, her husband’s motorcycle fell, leaving Nam with a broken right arm and various other injuries. The robber escaped, and although her husband pursued the bag snatcher, he was unable to catch him. She said…

 

“I was shocked and saddened by the incident. On that day, I had to urgently see a doctor because of the pain in my arm. I had to borrow money from relatives to purchase additional gold and ensure we met the deadline to present the dowry.”

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/mother-robbed-of-300000-baht-suffers-broken-arm-misses-sons-wedding

 

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[RichardColeman]

Wonder if she was talking about taking the dowry to the wedding after leaving the salon - whilst in the salon 

[hotchilli]

Me thinks it was someone who knew she was carrying a lot of value.

[renaissanc]

Nowadays you have to have eyes in the back of your head if you are carrying money. As for kateoys, if they approach you, and you have a gold necklace on, you have to assume they are about to try to steal it. If you are Indian and wearing a gold neckace in Pattaya you should carry a baseball bat with you. That should keep the kateoys away from you.

[BusyB]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Me thinks it was someone who knew she was carrying a lot of value.

The wedding was probably widely known out there in the sticks ...

[PETERTHEEATER]

She missed the wedding yet was in time to meet a deadline to present the dowry?

[BTB1977]

How greedy is the brides family to still expect a sin-sod after it got stolen.  And had her arm broken.