Jilted ex arrested for attempted murder
Police last week arrested a man who fired a gun into his ex-girlfriend’s car while she was fleeing him as he was overcome with jealousy that she would have a new partner.
The woman, Pornsri Limpawutthipong, 37, was in the car driving when her jilted ex, Chanin ‘Tum’ Jirasatchakul, 41, shot her car twice in the early hours of Feb 15.
Ms Ponsiri called police to her house on Sri Suthat Rd, on the east side of Phuket Town, at 5:30am on Feb 15.
Responding to the call were Phuket City Police Chief Col Sarawut Chuprasit along with Deputy Chief Lt Col Chatchai Chunu and other high-level Phuket City Police officers.
The officers at the scene arrived to find Ms Pornsri’s silver Toyota sedan in front of the house with a bullet hole in the top-right of the windscreen, close to where the driver sits, and another through the back-left window,
Police also found an 11mm bullet casing and one 11 mm bullet head, which forensic police collected as evidence.
Chanin was arrested in Chalong at 5pm that same day (Feb 15), confirmed Phuket City Police Chief Col Sarawut Chuprasit.
Chanin, registered as living on Suthat Rd in Phuket Town, was arrested under Phuket Provincial Court arrest warrant No. 61/2565, which was issued on the day of the shooting, Col Sarawut said.
Police have pressed charges, Col Sarawut added. He cited Criminal Case No. 61/2565.
In taking Chanin into custody officers seized as evidence an 11mm handgun and 12 bullets as well as Chanin’s Phuket-registered Honda Zoomer-X motorbike.
Chanin said he shot the car because he was jealous and afraid that his Ms Pornsri would take a new lover because they had been separated for almost three months.
Three days before the shooting, Ms Ponsri called him and asked him to go out to meet as there was something to discuss.
They argued, and Ms Pornsri got in her car to drive home.
Chanin followed her on his motorbike. He called for her to stop, she refused, he said.
Chanin then claimed that Ms Pornsri had swerved the car to strike his motorbike while he was riding alongside.
In anger, he drew his gun and fired one shot into the sky, Chanin said.
He fired another shot into the back window and a third through the windshield.
He said he purposely aimed to hit where the bullets went, because he did not want to harm her
Chanin now faces a charge of attempting to kill another person.
He also faces charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition without permission, and carrying a firearm in a public area without permission and without reasonable cause.
Chanin admitted to all the charges, except attempting to kill Ms Pornsri.
Regardless, police are proceeding with prosecuting Chanin in accordance with the arrest warrant issued, Col Sarawut confirmed.