Thai bride 'killed and barbecued British husband'

A BRITISH man was murdered and then barbecued on charcoal in a national park, after divorcing his Thai wife because of her gambling debts.

The body parts of Toby Charnaud, 41, were scattered in the park, one of the last refuges of Thailand's remaining tigers, a court in Petchaburi was told yesterday.

Mr Charnaud had sold his farm in Wiltshire after falling in love with a bar girl in Bangkok and gone to live in the Thai resort of Hua Hin, where he bought two bars.

However, after taking his wife, Pannada, home to visit his parents in Britain, the marriage began to fall apart.

Mr Charnaud divorced Pannada because of her gambling debts. He gave her an £11,000 settlement and won custody of their five-year-old son.

On 29 March last year, Pannada, 35, reported Mr Charnaud missing to police, but in court she admitted she had lied. On 27 March, she had, in fact, helped five relatives and friends to dispose of his body.
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