By Tim Binnall
A woman in Thailand has been charged with attempted murder after she cut a rope being used by painters working on the exterior of her apartment building and, in turn, left the terrified men stuck dangling perilously outside the 26th floor of the high-rise. The bizarre incident reportedly occurred earlier this month in Bangkok's Nonthaburi province when the two men descended from the 32nd floor on a platform with the intention of fixing a crack spotted in the building. In the process of lowering themselves to the area of interest, something felt amiss and, to their horror, they looked down and saw a woman on the 21st floor reach out her window and cut the rope!
The tenant's brazen act left the men unable to lower themselves beyond where the rope had been cut and, as such, they found themselves stranded on the side of the building. Attempts to find someone to help them proved futile as they slowly descended stories calling out for help. Fortunately, by the time they reached the 26th floor of the building, a tenant living there noticed the panicked painters attempting to grab onto a clothesline located on her balcony. After explaining the situation to the bewildered woman, the workers were able to safely escape their predicament by daringly jumping onto the balcony from the unsteady platform before it was too late.
As for the tenant who cut the rope, cops eventually tracked down the woman and she was subsequently charged with attempted murder as well as destruction of property. Although the building association insisted that they had informed residents of the work that was to be done that day, apparently this particular individual had not gotten the memo and, upon seeing the painters' rope outside her window, grew so aggravated that she decided to sever it. The woman now faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted and, we're guessing, the apartment building management is likely taking steps to ensure that her days as a resident there are cut short.