Boonlua Chatree
A bartender at a Walking Street go-go bar died after
being stabbed during an argument with his longtime waitress girlfriend.
Wasitan Saelim admits
stabbing Yordchai Laoointh but said she didn’t mean to kill him.
Yordchai Laoointh, 30, died of a stab wound to the left
breast at the Alcatraz bar Jan. 30. Near the body was inconsolable
35-year-old Wasitan Saelim who witnesses said stabbed Yordchai, her
boyfriend of 10 years and father of her 2-year-old child. A blood-soaked 20
cm. knife was collected as evidence.
Police said Vasitan, a waitress at the Candy Shop pub
across the street from Alcatraz, complained that Yordchai was possessive and
abusive and that earlier that evening he’d hit her in a jealous rage while
she was working at the Candy Shop. Officers said she admitted to following
her boyfriend back into his bar and stabbing him before tossing the knife
aside.
Alcatraz waitresses said they believed Vasitan had not
meant to kill the bartender because, immediately after stabbing him, she
exploded into tears and tried to give CPR to her lover. It was too late,
however, as the unfortunate blow proved fatal. She was arrested on homicide
charges.
