Thai authorities confirmed the death of a British man who was accused of murdering his Thai wife last year. Kevin Smitham, 51, was accused of kicking and strangling to death Kandra Smitham, 29, in a fit of rage after she refused to have sex with him. Kevin was awaiting trial in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Central Prison when he was found dead with mysterious injuries. According to the Daily Mail, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed to the public recently that Kevin had died in August of 2018. “Our staff are providing support and advice to the family of a British man who died in Thailand in August 2018, and they remain in touch with local authorities,” a spokesperson for the FCO said.

According to Thai police, Kevin Smitham and his wife were visiting her parents in northeast Thailand for the Songkran New Festival last year, when the murder happened. Neighbors found her beaten dead body on April 16, 2018, covered in a blanket.

When police took Kevin Smitham into custody, he told police that he tried to have sex with her but she refused. He got jealous and thought that she had been sleeping with other men. In a fit of rage, he threw her onto the ground and repeatedly kicked her then strangled her to death. He said that it was not his intention to kill her.

The Deputy Chief of Staff in Det Udom, Inspector General Watcharapol Pimwong, said at the time, “I arrived and found a woman lying naked in front of the house and called officials from the rescue foundation. The woman was Kandra Smitham, age 29.

“The victim had a blanket covering her. There were many bruises on the face and body. She had been dead for several hours.

“The victim’s husband confessed to killing his wife. He said that he did not mean to kill her.

“Last night he and his wife had beer until late at night. He went to sleep in the house. During the drinking and eating, suddenly they started arguing because he wanted to have sex.

“His wife refused and this caused jealousy. He thought that the wife had been courting other men. He said he attacked her with his foot, kicked her to the face and body several times.

“The wife ran away from the home and fell in front of the house. He left his wife like that by covering the blanket to cover it. Then went to bed.”

The two lived in the tourist area of Pattaya beach and had two children together.

Kevin’s Smitham’s body was found with multiple injuries near an outbuilding in Ubon Ratchathani Central Prison. He was sent to the hospital where he died from the injuries. Police are not sure who killed him