Thug meets nasty end, plucky helper, free lift to school

Unwanted house call

An elderly Kalasin man who shot dead a drug abuser after he threatened him with a gun denies a police charge of premeditated murder.

Kongjak Phuliangpha, 69, who faces three charges in relation to the slaying, said he acted in self-defence as he feared Ampol Ponwaewwow, 34, wanted to kill him. He shot the man outside his home on June 20.

He denies having hatched a plan to kill Ampol, who had visited his house earlier that day and harassed his daughter and grandchild.

He is getting support from an unlikely source, after Ampol’s father pleaded with police to reconsider their charge, saying his son deserved to die.

Sombat Ponwaewwow, 54, said his bare-chested, drunken son, shot dead about 100m from their home in Klang Muen, Muang district, was a substance abuser well-known for flying into drunken rages and tormenting the village.

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