Thai woman rescued after two hours trapped in four-metre python’s coils

Arom Arunroj, 64, said she was doing the washing up at about 8.30pm when the 20kg snake attacked her

A Thai woman has described being trapped in the coils of a 20kg (44lb) python for about two hours in her home before rescuers were able to free her.

Arom Arunroj, 64, was bitten various times by the snake, which had entered her home in Samut Prakan, a province south of Bangkok.