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Fantasist slays wife

A Sing Buri man killed his wife of 10 years with a hammer in a row over her supposedly being unfaithful.

Narongwit

Muang police nabbed Narongwit, 42, for the brutal murder of his wife Siriwan, 39, last week. As was his habit, he lay in wait for her outside the factory where she worked in Phrom Buri district and when she emerged on her motorcycle started arguing with her.

Mr Narongwit followed her down the road on his own motorbike as the pair argued back and forth before he sped up and cut in front of her. When Siriwan got off her motorcycle, he struck her about the face and head with a hammer which he had brought with him.

When she lay motionless…