Udon Thani thief with a heart of gold, and head of lead

What happened to an Udon Thani thief last week could so easily happen to any of us. It happens to us all. You are strolling down the street – or cycling – and something in a shop window catches your eye, shiny and glittery. You pause to admire some random treasure beyond the glass and you think:

“That’s beautiful. I’d love to own that.”

But you’ve got no money but it. That’s no problem, choose theft instead.

‘All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery!’

That’s what happened to the hardened Udon Thani criminal who was idly cycling around town on his pushbike when he spotted a gold shop and, on impulse, decided to rob it.

Ban Pheu police in Udon Thani nabbed Charaswong, 34 years old, after he tried strolling out of the Porncharoen Yaowarat gold shop casually clutching a necklace. Gold shops must be full of absent-minded customers who forget they have…