Plot to kill Danish man fails

NAKHON SAWAN: A woman and her friend have been arrested for allegedly plotting to have her Danish husband killed in a staged road crash so that they could seize his 10-million-baht insurance pay-out. The husband survived but was critically injured.

Ms Pratheep Larsen, 48, and Ms Jaemchan Khamkaew, 60, were arrested on warrants issued by the Nakhon Sawan provincial court for hiring a third party to murder Per Larsen, 63, said Pol Maj Gen Atthasit Sudsa-nguan, deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 6, during a media briefing announcing the arrest of the two women.

Ekkasit Wichacharn, 24, was allegedly hired by the two to run Mr Larsen over with his car. He was also arrested.

The crash happened on a local road in tambon Bueng Platu, Banphot Phisai district of Nakhon Sawan on April 21, said Pol Maj Gen Atthasit.

Local police found a Toyota with a Lampang…