Old man has head turned
The shop where Somchai was caught.
An old man in Sing Buri infatuated with a neighbour young enough to be his daughter has been warned by his elderly wife that if he carries on, she will lay a complaint with police.
This is the least of his indignities: Somchai Sriyotha, 83, has also been banished from home owing to a compulsive petty thieving habit.
A shopkeeper on the Sing Buri-Lop Buri Road in Muang district last week called police after catching Mr Somchai helping himself to 3,000 baht of the shop’s cash. She said she did not want to take legal action, given the man’s age. However, she did want police to give him a stern warning.
It is a message the police have heard previously, as Mr Somchai has a history of petty theft from shops near home. He steals so he can present the proceeds to a young neighbour with whom he is infatuated.
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