Reign of terror ends: Police nab infamous serial rapist in Chon Buri

A notorious serial rapist with a longstanding criminal historical past has been apprehended by police in Chon Buri.
Police Major General Teeradej Thumsutee, investigation chief at the Metropolitan Police Bureau, knowledgeable the press that a man often recognized as Wattana Srikhaney, also recognisable beneath the alias Tum Chonburi, was taken into custody following his assault on a woman within the Ko Chan district of the province on May 14.
Wattana, who had been using the Omi app to identify and observe his victims, tied himself to a string of similar rape instances. In a disturbing modus operandi, he would rob his victims post-assault. One occasion disclosed a female who was sexually violated at a rice field’s edge and left there naked. Other cases involved victims who weren’t only raped but also robbed of their money, gold chains, smartphones, and other invaluable objects.
The arrested individual’s criminal history extends a span ranging from 2009 to the current day. He has frequented the jail on a number of events over the years, increase an imposing legal report. On Easy , 2009, he was accused of raping a girl within the Phanat Nikhom district within Chon Buri. A repeat offence surfaced two years later in the equivalent district.
There have been intermittent situations of his arrest for theft in the identical district back in February 2009. In June 2017, he was charged with drug-related misconduct in the Si Racha district within Chon Buri. This cost was replicated the next month in the Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani.
Progressing to April of the present year, Wattana perpetrated both rape and theft inside Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district, particularly within the Chorakhe Noi space. Subsequently, in May, he assaulted one other sufferer in the Ko Chan district of Chon Buri, marking the location of his eventual arrest. Police declared that the suspect acted under the ruse of portraying himself as a ‘nice guy’ in his on-line approaches.
By offering to accompany his targets on dates, he would efficiently lure victims into his trap earlier than carrying out the deliberate legal actions..