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Ex-wife rallies behind suspect

The former wife of a man who allegedly killed her new lover has swung to his defence, saying he showed concern for the victim even as he was dying of his stab wounds.

Ae (no surname given), 32, said she was present when her ex-husband, Athipong Chanthornseriwittaya, 30, started fighting with her new boyfriend, who died in the May 7 encounter.

Lak Song police say the victim, Wattanyuu Rangsuk, 25, was stabbed five times outside the two-storey townhouse which Mr Athipong bought with Ms Ae at the Pruksa Ville 85 Thawi Watthana housing village in Bang Kae.

She said she left Mr Athipong, also her former business partner with whom she also has a six-year-old son, two years ago, and took up with Wattanyuu. Mr Athipong knew about the relationship and while the two had argued over the phone once, they had…