CHAIYAPHUM – Police on Thursday arrested a transgender man for attacking an elderly woman he owed money to and stealing her money and gold jewellery.
Roongnapat Gornthaisong, left, and Ratchanee Chaiyasit
Police said Roongnapat Gornthaisong, 32, from Nong Khai province, told 60-year-old Ratchanee Chaiyasit, also from Nong Khai, that his friend would return 50,000 baht he had borrowed from her if she went to an apartment in Chaiyaphum province on Tuesday night.
After arriving at the apartment, Mrs Ratchanee waited for Roongnapat's friend for many hours and there was no sign of him. Mrs Ratchanee was then attacked by Roongnapat and left unconscious.
Mrs Ratchanee suffered a severe head injury. She later told police that the attacker also stole gold jewellery from her worth about 72,000 baht, and 5,000 baht in cash.