Woman in northern Thailand allegedly planned to have husband killed for money

A woman in Thailand’s lower northern province of Nakhon Sawan allegedly planned to have her husband run over by a car, so that she and her friend could have his 10 million baht insurance payout. The woman, 48 year old Pratheep, and her friend, 60 year old Jaemchan, allegedly hired Jaemchan’s nephew to do the deed for them, running Pratheep’s husband over with his car.

The nephew, Ekkasit, carried out the act, and ran over Pratheep’s husband on a road in Banphot Phisai district. However, the husband survived, although he was critically injured. Police found Ekkasit’s car in a roadside paddy field with its front damaged. They also found the husband’s damaged bicycle he had been riding when Ekkasit hit him.

While the crash first looked like an accident, police investigators noticed a few fishy signs. After they made Ekkasit re-enact the crash, and intensely questioned him,…