August 24, 2026 — 9:03am
The Australian man charged with the murder of Thai teenager Thanchanok Donhomla has said he acted in self-defence to stop her from stabbing him.
Speaking exclusively to the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent program from prison in Thailand, where he has been detained for nearly two months, Simon Carman said he hadn’t done anything wrong and was “hoping and praying” to be released.
“I shouldn’t be here … I do not understand what’s going on,” Carman told the ABC, adding that he was innocent and did not intend to kill the 17-year-old.
Carman, from Perth, is being held in Pattaya, about 150 kilometres south of Bangkok. He has been charged with murdering Thanchanok and stuffing her body into a suitcase that he later discarded near railway tracks.
