A 54-year-old man was arrested Monday morning for allegedly raping a bedridden woman, aged 74, in a Bangkok squatter community in the middle of November.
Police said Sombat Tonwong, had allegedly raped the elderly woman during the night of November 17,Thailand Nation reports.
The victim’s 37-year-old daughter filed a police complaint against Sombat with the Tha Rua Police Station on November 20.
The daughter told police that she had noticed her mother’s troubled state of mind and pressed her for the reason. The mother then told her about the November 17 sexual attack.
Sombat was arrested under an arrest warrant issued by the South Bangkok Court on November 22.
Police said Sombat was arrested in Kanchanaburi’s Saiyok district.
Police said the accused was taking drugs with the victim’s son-in-law at the victim’s home at the time of the incident.