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``WIFE'' OF NZ MURDER VICTIM ARRESTED IN THAILAND
(New Zealand Press Association Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Wellington, April 26 NZPA - A woman who claims she was married to New Zealand bodybuilder Stephen Miller has been charged with conspiring to kill him in Thailand.
Mr Miller, a 39-year-old businessman who worked in real estate in the resort city of Pattaya, 147km south of Bangkok, was travelling to his gym on a motor scooter on Thursday morning when he was shot.
The Pattaya City News reported that Khun Gintana had been charged with conspiracy to murder. She claimed to be one of Mr Miller's wives, but the newspaper said a marriage certificate was never signed.
Her alleged accomplice, Khun Walatit, 24, was already in custody, also charged with conspiracy to murder.
Regional commander police Lieutenant General Jongrak told a press conference that the alleged gunman, Gintana's boyfriend Khun Yiamwoot, 25, was still at large but was thought to be in the southern Sonkla province of Thailand and a warrant issued for his arrest.
Gintana was involved in an illegal steroid export business, with the money from orders being sent to her bank account, the newspaper reported.
``Mr Miller confronted her just before the murder and a physical altercation took place as he demanded she hand over the money from the steroid sales.''
Gintana and her boyfriend then formulated a plan to kill him and keep the money, the newspaper reported.
Mr Miller's New Zealand family, including his former wife Megan, attended the press conference.
He spent time living in Napier, while his parents live in Waikanae, north of Wellington.
His family said his ashes would be brought back to New Zealand, after a funeral in Thailand, and a memorial service would possibly be held in Napier.
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