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PHUKET police believe they have solved the savage murder of a Phuket golf caddy. Officers are expected to announce the arrest of her accused killers today.
In a fit of jealousy, a Phuket woman is alleged to have ordered the killing of the Mission Hills caddy by a hit-man because the caddy was having an affair with her husband.
The body of caddy Amornrat Petchtrong, 26, was found crumpled by a motorcycle on a roadside near the luxury golf course early on December 7. She was killed by a single gunshot to the head.
Yesterday a police helicopter carried a man known as ''Don'' from Thalang to Yao Yai island off Phuket, where a silver handgun was recovered from its hiding place.
Detectives from Surat Thani, who are now heading the investigation, said that Khun Don admitted supplying the weapon but denied being involved in the killing.
A Phuket woman and a second man were being interviewed yesterday at Thalang police station.
Another man was expected to be transferred to Phuket by helicopter late yesterday, with police now believing they have in custody the killer, his motorcycle rider and the jealous woman who ordered her rival's murder.
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Good police work. Well done. BUT why did need detectives from Surat Thani, are the Phuket ones not good enough?
Anyway let Amornrat's spirit lie in peace. Her killers should be shot like in the old days of proper justice.
Posted by GrahamM on January 18, 2011 10:00