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Monkey gets revenge on owner who forced him to climb trees for 
coconuts... by killing him with a well-aimed coconut

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1160901/Monkey-gets-revenge-owner-forced-climb-trees-coconuts--killing-aimed-coconut.html

By Andrew Drummond
Last updated at 12:28 PM on 10th March 2009

A monkey who tired of being forced to climb trees to pick coconuts 
killed his owner with a well-aimed coconut.

The owner died immediately from the monkey's  throw from the top of a 
tree in the Thai Province of Nakorn Sri Thammarat, according to the 
Samui Express newspaper.

The newspaper said  that Leilit Janchoom, 48, had beaten the monkey 
whenever he showed any hesitance to climb a tree.

The owner was insistent because he got the equivalent of 4p for every 
coconut picked.

But the monkey - it is claimed - apparently found the work boring, 
strenuous and unrewarding.

The monkey had to climb palms as high as 50 metres, said the report.

The victim's wife Uthai said they had bought the monkey for about 
£130.

'It seemed lovable. We called him Brother Kwan,' she said.