Crime Man Stabs Ex Wife to Death in Alleged Act of Self-Defence

[Georgealbert]

 

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A 64-year-old man has been arrested after stabbing his former wife, a village spirit medium, to death in what he claims was self-defence after she attacked him with a machete.

 

Police from Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat station were called to a single-storey concrete home in Pak Phun sub-district at around 06:30 on 12 August. Outside the house, officers found the suspect, named as Duang, sitting and waiting to surrender, bleeding from wounds to his left ear, arm and fingers.

 

Inside, in the rear hall of the house, lay the body of his ex-wife, Tim  58, on her back in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds to her abdomen and torso. A bloodstained machete was found beside her body and a separate bloodied kitchen knife was recovered near a bed.

 

Neighbours described Tim as a long-time medium for a revered goddess, with a shrine and offerings set up at the front of the home where villagers regularly came to seek blessings.

 

According to Duang’s statement, he and Tim had recently divorced but continued living in the same house. Their relationship had been strained for years, with frequent arguments. On the evening of 11 August, he told her to leave the house after another quarrel, locking the doors.

 

At around 06:00 the next morning, Tim allegedly forced open a window and woke him by tapping his leg with the handle of a machete, demanding he open the door. After doing so, he returned to bed, which angered her. Duang claims she then struck him several times with the machete, prompting him to grab a knife from beside him and stab her repeatedly in self-defence during a struggle.

 

She collapsed from severe blood loss and died at the scene. Duang said he immediately phoned his son, rescue workers and police and waited to surrender.

 

Police have detained him on suspicion of murder while investigations continue to verify his account of acting in self-defence.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Daily News 2025-08-14