Father-in-law’s actions far from within the law

An always tense father-in-law/son-in-law relationship finally exploded on Tuesday in Kratie town. Police said the older man had been unhappy with his daughter’s choice since the day she decided to shack up with the man who’d eventually be her husband. Still ashamed that his daughter had “lived in sin”, he marched over to their house and stabbed her now-husband. Not to be outdone, the younger man stabbed the father seven times himself. They’ll both be detained once out of hospital. KOH SANTEPHEAP

Speed increases but drug business ceases

In what's becoming an increasingly common blotter trope, another traffic-related stop morphed into a drug bust on Tuesday. Police said the two suspects were speeding on their moto in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district when they crashed. When cops arrived to intervene, a drug packet fell from one of the duo’s pockets. A quick search revealed another four. The two men admitted they had been speeding – to a drug deal. KOH SANTEPHEAP

Dumb’s the word for the felon who visited mum