{"id":860307,"date":"2026-08-19T02:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860307\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T02:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:32:10","slug":"wa-news-live-the-eastern-states-hate-that-we-are-successful-wa-premier-denies-hes-whinging-about-gst-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860307\/","title":{"rendered":"WA news LIVE: \u2018The eastern states hate that we are successful\u2019: WA Premier denies he\u2019s whinging about GST deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Thai teenager allegedly murdered by Perth man Simon Carman died of suffocation, a police autopsy report has reportedly revealed. <\/p>\n<p>Related Article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/world\/asia\/everything-about-him-was-slow-inside-quiet-thai-life-of-suitcase-murder-suspect-20260628-p60aq3.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"sc-cba76dee-0 hdiTqm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested on Friday night at Bangkok airport in Thailand.\u00a0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901.png\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ioInpc\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old is accused of picking up Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, near Pattaya Beach in the early hours of June 25. The pair allegedly agreed to engage in sexual services at Carman\u2019s apartment, but two days later the teen\u2019s naked body was found stuffed inside a suitcase, and Carman arrested at the airport attempting to fly home. <\/p>\n<p>The ABC today reported Carman\u2019s DNA was found on the victim\u2019s body, and that local police had determined her caused of death was suffocation. <\/p>\n<p>Officers said they expect their investigation to conclude this week, with their files to be submitted to prosecutors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have collected 100 per cent of the evidence. Once it is brought before the court, the court can consider imposing a sentence quickly.\u201d Police Colonel Anek told the ABC. <\/p>\n<p>In Thailand, a murder conviction can carry the death penalty or imprisonment of 15 to 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Thai teenager allegedly murdered by Perth man Simon Carman died of suffocation, a police autopsy report has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-860307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}