Pensioner, 69, waits 53 YEARS to shoot dead ‘childhood bully’ at school reunion

A PENSIONER took revenge on his childhood bully by shooting him dead at a school reunion party 53 years later.

Thanapat Anakesri is wanted by police after blowing his old foe, Suthat Kosayamat, away in Ang Thong, Thailand.

Both had been invited to the do on Saturday to enjoy a buffet of local dishes and catch up with old pals.

But after the group sat down to dinner tempers flared and Anakesri accused Suthat of bullying him when they were sixteen

The 69-year-old former naval officer ordered his old tormentor, also 69, to apologise but he refused.

Anakesri flew into a rage with the tailor who said he couldn’t remember them falling out.

He then drew a handgun, shot his ex-schoolmate and fled.

Suthat was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead by the doctors.

Tuean Klakang, who organised the event on Saturday, told cops Anakesri had often complained about Kosayamat.

He said: “Thanapat would get drunk then often talk about how angry he was about being bullied by Suthat.

“He never forgot about it.

“But as these things happened such a long time ago, I would never have imagined that he would have killed his friend like this.”

“We are all shocked by it.”

Suthat was given a traditional Buddhist funeral on Monday with devastated friends and relatives paying tribute to the “caring and kind” man.

Cops are now hunting for Anakesri and believe he may have fled to a neighbouring province.

Police Captain Sombat Somboondee said officers found a 9mm cartridge and another dummy round at the scene.

The Ang Thong Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for Thanapat on charges of murder.

The police chief said: “Initially, we will charge him for murder and carrying a gun without a license.

“We also have a lead that he is hiding in Singburi province so officers are searching the area.

“From speaking to witnesses, the shooting appears to have happened after a personal dispute between the killer and the victim from a long time ago.”