Jealous Rescue Volunteer Brutally Assaults Wife with Gun Butt, Death Threats, Flees with Over 600,000 Baht in Assets
A 45-year-old rescue volunteer in Nonthaburi assaulted his wife with a gun butt and saw handle after finding her chatting with an ex-boyfriend, then fled with over 600,000 baht in assets and made death threats.
On May 20, 2569, Kraithuach Thammatada and Saichon Nityakham, an assistant MP from Nonthaburi District 7, accompanied Ms. A (pseudonym), a 44-year-old hospital employee, to file a police report at Bang Bua Thong Station against her 45-year-old husband, Mr. B (pseudonym), a volunteer rescue worker, for assault and death threats. The incident occurred around 12:50 a.m. on May 19 in a residential community in Pimolraj Subdistrict, Bang Bua Thong District, with security camera footage as evidence.
Security footage from the bedroom at 12:52 a.m. recorded the couple arguing over a woman's mobile phone messages before the husband became violent. At 12:54 a.m., footage showed the victim fleeing the bedroom, but the husband pursued her with a pruning saw with a handle, striking her. At 1:08 a.m., when the victim tried to unlock the gate to escape but found it locked, the husband retrieved a firearm from his vehicle. The victim ran to neighbors for help but was assaulted again, struck on the head with the gun butt outside the camera's view.
The victim stated that her husband found her chatting with an ex-boyfriend on her phone and became jealous, leading to physical violence including pushing her down stairs, beating her with a saw handle, and striking her face and head with a gun. The incident resulted in a torn wound on her nose and leg injuries. Her sister revealed the suspect called around 1:18 a.m. threatening to kill her and demanding someone collect her corpse, and she had previously noticed bruises on her sister's body multiple times.
Meanwhile, officers helped coordinate social workers and legal assistance for the victim, facilitating her hospitalization, police report, and safety arrangements. They also helped her retrieve her belongings from the house due to safety concerns if the suspect returned.
The victim disclosed she had been married to the suspect for four years with registered marriage. She experienced repeated physical abuse and had considered divorce. The night of the incident, when he saw her chatting with a childhood ex-friend who now only listens to her problems, he became jealous and accused her of infidelity before attacking her. Throughout their relationship, the husband displayed extreme jealousy, forbidding her to speak to anyone, constantly demanding reports of her whereabouts and activities, and preventing her from contacting her children, who now live with relatives. The victim sustained injuries from the assault including facial wounds and leg damage, and had previously attempted to seek divorce multiple times but was threatened each time.
