32 year old male tries to sexually assault an 81 year old woman

In Angthong’s Wiset Chai Chan district yesterday a 32 year old man was apprehended after assaulting an 81 year old woman he also tried to rape. The suspect who is a distant relative of the victim allegedly broke into her home at around 3-30am. When the victim saw the man she yelled out for help before being overpowered. The woman told police that the attacker demanded sex, she refused and hit him in the stomach before he hit her back. She alleges that he was about to stab her with a knife when a neighbor who heard her screams came to her rescue. The suspect then ran off. Police in the area were able to apprehend the man under a nearby tree less than two hours later. The suspect says he is innocent of the crime and that he had been drinking and taking drugs the night before and was in hiding at the time the crime took place.

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