Somsak Sirisuwan was taken to
the station, but later released, after it was learned he hit his drunken
wife only to protect his grandson.
Patcharapol Panrak
Songkran revelry turned to violence in Sattahip when a
68-year-old disabled man assaulted his drunken wife for smashing her
12-year-old grandson’s head into a wall.
Somsak Sirisuwan, crippled from the waist down, was taken
into custody by Sattahip police April 18 after a complaint by his
62-year-old wife Samlee. Drunk, raving and bleeding, the woman claimed her
husband has struck her twice in the head with his cane. She was taken to
Queen Sirikit Hospital for treatment and released.
Police said Somsak did not deny the charges, but said he
only struck his wife to defend their grandson.
According to Somsak, Samlee had returned home around 5
a.m. after three days of binge drinking to celebrate Songkran. Angered
somehow by her fifth-grade grandson Manasnant Sirisuwan, she pounded his
head several times into a concrete wall.
As the child cried for help, Somsak said he crawled over
to his wife and hit her until she released the boy, police said.
The boy corroborated Somsak’s story, police said, and the
disabled man was released without charges.