Phuket 'Security Guard' Confesses To Stabbing Murder

[Lite Beer]

Phuket 'security guard' confesses to stabbing murder

Patong Police duty officer Weerapong Rakkito identified the deceased as 39-year-old Nuanchawee Sarating, until the time of her death the maid at a workers' guesthouse in the Kalim.

At about 9:45pm, her body was found face-up outside her room under the four-storey guesthouse, opposite The Lodge resort on Phra Barami Soi 5.

The apparent cause of death was a single stab wound near her left collarbone.

The murder weapon, a 35-centimeter blade, was found nearby along with a necktie matching that worn by the guesthouse security guard Narong Sripetch, age 23.

Mr Narong went on duty at 6pm, but was nowhere to be found after the discovery of the body.

Police investigators proceeded to Mr Narong's rented flat on Soi Kok Moo (Soi Pig Sty), off Siriraj Road at the south end of Patong.

There they found Mr Narong, along with his bloodied uniform.

Under questioning, Mr Narong said he killed Ms Nuanchawee out of revenge after she admonished him for opening guests' rooms.

He told police she had no right to do that, and until the murder he had never had any problems with anyone.

However, a check of his criminal record told a very different story. He was released from Surat Thani Prison last month after serving a four-year sentence on a murder conviction in that province.

In addition, there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest issued by Surat Thani Provincial Court on August 16. The charges included breaking and entering, assault and rape.

Despite his criminal background and current fugitive status, he was somehow hired by a local security firm and assigned to work at the guesthouse

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/detail.asp?id=10991

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-09-17

[Boater]

he is only 23, and was released LAST MONTH after another murder WHICH HE SERVED 4 Years for ? .... and i thought Thailand had Tough Justice..

Also, dont any of these securtiy firms do background checks? , o

[LivinginKata]

<snip> Also, dont any of these securtiy firms do background checks? , o

Obviously the answer is ... no

[Jimi007]

I have to agree with Boater. Four years in prison for murder? &lt;deleted&gt;? Out one month and get a job as a security guard. Then commit another murder while on duty... I sure hope they give him more than four years this time! How about the rest of his miserable life in prison?

[ScubaBuddha]

Easy to pay warden to get out of prison. Usually 50,000 baht for murder as long as it is not to high profile.

Security companies don't run finger print checks, as there is no computerized database yet. They can only run a check of the name in the ID card, and the use of another persons ID card, or a fake one, is very common.

[snamos]

Easy to pay warden to get out of prison. Usually 50,000 baht for murder as long as it is not to high profile.

Security companies don't run finger print checks, as there is no computerized database yet. They can only run a check of the name in the ID card, and the use of another persons ID card, or a fake one, is very common.

Do they have any screening for volunteer foreign policemen?

[Jimi007]

Easy to pay warden to get out of prison. Usually 50,000 baht for murder as long as it is not to high profile.

Security companies don't run finger print checks, as there is no computerized database yet. They can only run a check of the name in the ID card, and the use of another persons ID card, or a fake one, is very common.

Do they have any screening for volunteer foreign policemen?

I don't know, but they make me get a printout of my criminal history to get an O-A visa...