Man Robs Bank, Buys Gold To Win Back Angry Wife
By Khaosod English


Police arrested a man who confessed to robbing a bank in Pathum Thani in order to buy gold necklace for his angry wife.

PATHUM THANI — Police have arrested a man who confessed to robbing a bank in Pathum Thani in order to buy a gold necklace for his angry wife.

The robbery took place at Klong Sam branch of Thanachart Bank in Thanyaburi district on 15 May. Witnesses said the suspect took away over 300,000 baht in cash.

Thanawut Sampan, 27, reportedly confessed to the police after his arrest today that he robbed the bank with a fake handgun and a getaway motorcycle that he had commandeered from a local motorcycle taxi driver.

Mr. Thanawut said that after the robbery, he parked the motorcycle near Wat Perm Thaan, changed his clothes, and hailed a cab to a bus station, where he took a bus to his hideout in Chantaburi province.

However, Thanawut said that four days after the robbery he discovered that his grandmother had passed away, and decided to return to Pathum Thani province and attend her funeral. Police say they received a tip-off from local residents and eventually arrested Mr. Thanawut while he was having lunch at a local restaurant.

The suspect claimed that his wife left him, prior to the robbery, because he was poor and unemployed. Determined to win her back, Mr. Thanawut said he robbed the bank and used the money to buy her a gold necklace.

Mr. Thanawut added that his wife was not aware of the robbery.

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-- Khaosod English 2014-05-19

What's the proper ID etiquette here? Pointing at the perp or pointing at the helmet?

I guess this shows love for a person does not outweigh love of money in Thailand.

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What a joke.

How sad what some men will do for a woman.

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

Sounds like you're looking down on Thai women?

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

Sounds like you're looking down on Thai women?

Not sure how you managed to leap to that conclusion based on my post.

There are limits to how far I would go "for love" regardless of whether the woman is Asian or not.

T^{his guy really must have hit the skids, Its really stupid what he did now he will have plenty of time to think about it.For the love of money.}

"Stupid is as stupid does" can happen anywhere.

Really this is a sad story, because there are only victims.

It's shocking what a man can do to try and win back the affections of a lady. It's easy to say, oh no not me, but this is a young man and we know nothing of the real circumstances.

Anyway, now he will be sure to spend time behind bars and his wife won't even get to wear the gold necklace..

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

Hey, 1,000 bahts would do it...

But this was an expensive reconciliation !!!!

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

Sounds like you're looking down on Thai women?

Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder .

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

Hey, 1,000 bahts would do it...

Perhaps so lol ... but I've never been able to reconcile "paying" with "love" in so direct a way

Fake gold is cheap in Thailand

Why he not buy this instead!

Most uneducated woman would think its real proberbly one day , and then maybe recognized look same same but diffrent. , Iam not sure..

Another fine example That Many People in this Country has big problems to Assess consequences of a decision, and open there brain when it's to late!

Neurologists would make the diagnosis, it is a chemical messenger in the brain problem!

^^ I think it's more of a no brain problem.

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Speak for yourself, I won't do "anything" for the love of a Thai woman lol

Sounds like a good name for a MEATLOAF song...

"I would do a-n-y thing for love, but I won't <rob a bank."!

I noticed that none of the BIB are smiling as usual. Poor fellows, nothing in this case to benifit them.

Another first in short term decisions. Now i have her back, uhhh, lets see, another bank job for 5 months living, yeah i look good in stripes.

The silly things we will do to impress a girl

I guess he listened to this wise sage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwV5e2YcNfY

He just missed the "I won't do that" part LOL

An inflammatory post has been removed as well as a reply.

I know I would take him back if he showed such...well...single-minded stupidity. Stupid men are easy to control.

I know I would take him back if he showed such...well...single-minded stupidity. Stupid men are easy to control.

Have most of the men in your life been easy to control?

"Stupid is as stupid does" can happen anywhere.

I live in Klong Sam and this is at least the third armed bank robbery in the past 18 months.One of them actually lived in a housing estate directly across from the bank he robbed.We are getting our fair share of happens anywhere.I am not having a dig,just commenting.

We will do anything for the love of a Thai women.

Why? Love should be unconditional. If you have to buy 'love', then it is not really love.

You are the perp are obviously Mensa candidates.

This guy redefines the term 'pussy whipped'

And just to rub it in, his grandmother left him 300,000 baht in her will

This bank robber should have learned an old German song ...

In English it sound as follows...

" you cannot buy a heart ...but if you are lucky you get it for free "