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Tangmo witness Robert admits he ‘lurched’ boat forward, sending actress overboard

One of the five boat buddies — i.e. “witnesses” — of Thai actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong has confessed to causing the vessel to “lurch,” tossing the celebrity actress overboard where she drowned in the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi on the night of February 24, the Bangkok Post reported police as saying Tuesday.

Phaiboon “Robert” Trikanjananun, told investigators he had little experience steering boats, so he wanted to try taking the speedboat for a spin that night, said deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, Pol Maj Gen Udorn Yomcharoen. According to the officer, Robert’s story goes like this…

That night, he and five friends, including Tangmo, were on an evening speedboat trip in the Chao Phraya River. (After dinner, they were drinking wine.) While he was steering the speedboat, he suddenly lurched it forward, causing Tangmo to…

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