A senior policeman has been charged with the murder of 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.
Songklod has denied the murder.
He said he had an argument with his wife, and his gun was unintentionally fired as she was trying to grab it.
Investigators brought a charge of murder against Songklod after tests found gunpowder residue on his hand.
Pimchadaporn, 30, was reported to have been found dead on a sofa on the first floor of their house on Saturday.
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.
Her body was taken to her family home for a funeral, but relatives said she would not be cremated until her death was fully investigated.
Her mother and brother were among many people who did not believe she had killed herself.
“My daughter was right-handed, but the shot to her head was on her left,” the mother said.
