A senior military man presented himself at a Bangkok police station yesterday to deny shooting two ‘Bangkok Pretties’ in their car.
He claims he sold the gun used in the attack to a friend a long time ago.
The development followed a story that Manasvee Singkorn and her friend had been driving on the Bang Kruay to Sai Noi Road in the early hours of Sunday morning when a person in a black pick-up fired seven shots at them.
They provided police with a bullet that was lodged in their Toyota Yaris car.
There were suggestions that they had been targeted in a road rage incident after using a high beam – something the driver denied saying they were the victims of a misunderstanding.
Yesterday a military judge advocate took Sgt Maj 1st Class Nathee Charoenphaet, 59, to the police.
He was subjected to a thirty minute grilling before being handed back to the advocate and ushered away.
He refused to speak to reporters – Daily News described him as ashen faced.
He has been charged with attempted murder, having a weapon in the city, firing in the city and having an illegal weapon.
He denied everything saying he sold the gun used in the attack to a friend a long time ago.
CCTV evidence showed a man in black at a Khao Tom restaurant near the scene of the attack getting into a black pick-up at 3.13 am on the morning of the attack, said Daily News.
There have been claims made elsewhere in the Thai media – and on the Facebook page of Manasvee – that the army man will try to use his influence to escape responsibility. – Daily News
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