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No-show groom of 15-year-old bride faces rape charge

A woman comforts a young bride-to-be after her groom failed to appear at the wedding ceremony at her house in Phra Thong Kham district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday. (Photo from Wilaiwan Yusamran Facebook account)

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A groom who failed to appear for his wedding ceremony is now facing the wrath of the law, as well as his father-in-law and the jilted young bride-to-be.

Phra Thong Kham police chief Pol Col Somchai Komphayak said on Wednesday police had pressed charges against Theeraphat Khemsunthia, 20, for raping and sexually abusing a person under 18.

The charges were filed by Som Yusamran, the father of the 15 year-old girl, after the groom failed to appear at the wedding ceremony on Sunday, to the shame and embarrassment of all present. 

The name of the girl was withheld.

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