Trader who tortured girlfriend on Facebook Live 'thought he was the Joker from Batman while high on meth'
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A sadistic boyfriend believed he was the Joker from Batman when he locked his girlfriend in his room and tortured her for ten hours, according to police.
Foreign exchange trader Chaichana Sirichart, 25, trapped Kuldara Yeesaman, 21, in his apartment on Sunday morning and launched a meth-fuelled attack while believing he was the film character.
Chaichana cut the young woman's throat with a kitchen knife, battered her with a broken broom handle and burned her with an iron and hair straighteners.
He also used electricity cables and a camera mount while restraining her with hot clamps and cutting her.
The businessman then broadcast her on Facebook Live in an attempt to stop hundreds of angry customers chasing him for £200,000 in missing fees for his trading courses.
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He tried to make her admit that she had stolen the money.
Kuldara suffered a broken nose, knife wound to the throat, broken right arm, broken left small finger, along with burns and bruises all over her body before cops rescued her in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday at 7pm.
Speaking from her hospital bed yesterday, Kuldara told police she had been beaten six times during their eight month relationship - but her family had talked her out of leaving because they thought Chaichana was a "good man".
She said that Chaichana claimed to be possessed by the Joker - played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight in 2008 - whenever he went on a meth spree, telling her she was the Joker's woman.
Deputy national police chief Wirachai Songmetta said Kuldara had been severely scarred by the attack but was now recovering.
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He said: "From the interview with the victim, she said that previously there was another relationship but that ended and she had been together with Chaichana Sirichart for eight months. She was beaten six times before.
"During the latest attack, her boyfriend had taken drugs and was having hallucinations. He said that he was the Joker and she was the Joker's woman.
"The weapons he used to abuse her included an iron, curling irons, heaters, rubber hoses, wood handles, and two kitchen knives. He threatened to gouge out her eyes and kill her.
"He liked hurting others and was paranoid. He believed in his head that the girlfriend had someone else, which is not true.
"Prosecutors are now preparing the most serious charge of attempted murder. There are also charges of assault, imprisonment, drug use and computer offences by broadcasting the victim on computer."
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Chaichana broke down in tears yesterday when he was interviewed at a police station, where he was still being held while the effects of the methamphetamine drug wore off.
He claimed that Kuldara had stolen 7.5 million baht (£170,000) he had received in fees for a 15,000 baht a head forex trading course he was running.
The banker said he regretted the attack before claiming Kuldara had cheated on him, and blamed the pressure of being pursued by his angry customers.
Police chief Songmetta added: "Mr Chaichana specialises in forex trading. There are 500 applicants who paid 15,000 baht each for his course.
"These people were not taught and many wanted to prosecute him for fraud. He took out his anger on his girlfriend. It is a lie that the girl stole the money. It was just an excuse for him to punish her."