Gimp thief not gold shop killer; identified by chicken-frying ladyboy
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- It was briefly thought they had snared the Phuket gold shop killer (story here) when Karon Police yesterday arrested a burglar with a limp – one of the key characteristics in the search for the murderer.

Phuket City policeman Lt Col Prawit Engchuan joined the questioning of the suspect but said afterward, “We determined that he has no connection to the gold shop robbery.”

Kornwit Jitsophon, a 26-year-old Nakhon Sri Thammarat native, was tracked down after he was identified on CCTV by a former sweetheart, a fried-chicken-vending ladyboy (transsexual).

Karon Police received a report on Songkran Day (last Friday) that a thief had forced open the back door of local resident Boonkuer Gonesrang’s house and burglarized it.

During their investigation, officers found CCTV footage of the area near the house.

“When we reviewed the CCTV footage, we got a picture of the suspect. Mr Boonkuer and other witnesses identified him for us,” Karon Police Deputy Superintendent Sophon Borirak.

Mr Boonkuer had seen the man in the neighborhood earlier. The ladyboy, a friend of Mr Boonkuer who works in the neighborhood, recognized his/her former boyfriend and was able to tell police his address.

Police arrested Mr Kornwit at his house near Wat Chalong yesterday.

“At the house, police seized one Samsung notebook, three Samsung mobile phones, one Sony digital camera and several valuable items, such as wallets and watches, with a total value of about 40,000 baht,” Lt Col Sophon told the Phuket Gazette.

“The suspect was charged with burglary. He accepted the charge and told police that he had burglarized homes in Nakon Sri Thammarat and had already spent time in prison,” he added.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Gimp-thief-not-gold-shop-killer-identified-by-chicken-frying-ladyboy-20795.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-04-16

<deleted> where to start??

Have to be the headline of the week.

chicken-frying ladyboy

gimp

/gimp/

Noun

1. offensive. A physically handicapped or lame person.

chicken frying ladyboy?

Wow, are ThaiVisa and Phuket News trying for a new low in headlines?

Have to be the headline of the week.

Right - the news writer packed a lot into that headline

Phuket gazette at its finest . Reminds me of the sunday sport back in the uk. Kind of headline they used to have !

Have to be the headline of the week.

Right - the news writer packed a lot into that headline

PG did reader survey and noticed that there was nobody who read the article before commenting. That's improved service!

gimp

/gimp/

Noun

1. offensive. A physically handicapped or lame person.

chicken frying ladyboy?

Wow, are ThaiVisa and Phuket News trying for a new low in headlines?

Sounds like an easy Thai defamation case to me.

I hear she/he has great legs....chicken legs, that is.

Amazing Thailand

You can not make this stuff up.

When you see a headline like that you just gota have a look.

Probably the new lo cost non native language sub editor- hope to see more of these entertaining flubs

get's my vote for dikhead line of the year...

Now if any of us has written that on this forum we would have had a slap on the wrist and probably been put in jail for a day or two.

Speechless. Headline of the year, not week....