(Photo: Yongyuth Phupuangphet)A senior policeman has been charged with the murder his wife after claiming she shot herself. Police said on Monday that Pol Capt Songklod Boonsong, deputy inspector at Wang Thonglang police station, had been charged with shooting dead his wife, Pimchadaporn Phuyaemsai. Investigators brought a charge of murder against Songklod after tests found gunpowder residue on his hand. Police called to the scene reported she was in her sleepwear, and there was a gunshot wound on the left side of her head. Songklod, who was at the scene waiting for them, said then that his wife had shot herself dead.

Source: Bangkok Post June 22, 2020 14:26 UTC