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Murder rap for widow

Police have arrested a woman who allegedly conspired with her mother and half-brother to murder her estranged South African husband in Kaeng Khoi district of Saraburi province.

Kacharin Duvel and her half-brother Surasith Panchathepmonkol have been charged with the murder of Oswald Heinrich Duvel, 50, a South African national reported to have been working in Thailand as the manager of a design company.

Police found Duvel's naked body on the roadside on Sept 30. He had been shot through the mouth. Initially, Ms Kacharin and her family denied knowing anything about the killing, police said.

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  • Discussion 1 : 06 Oct 2012 at 16.541

    The husband was managing director of an international country. He had absolutely no need to marry this woman so that he could work here.

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