[release]A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.
A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.
Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna by a "fluke" chance after the device struck her on a weak artery near her neck, the Old Bailey heard.
The 48-year-old, who had previously worked as an American diplomat in India, died from a massive brain haemorrhage as Harvey tried to give her the kiss of life.
The electrical engineer, of Euston, central London, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March.
The couple had been arguing about maintenance which Harvey was paying to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage.
His lawyer, Jonathan Goldberg QC, said: "By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness."
He went on: "He loved this woman very much. She was obviously a very fine woman who gave up her work for him. He is deeply ashamed and remorseful at the death of his wife at his hand."
The court was told that Ms Laguna had a very rare condition which neither she nor her husband knew about.
Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, said: "It would only have required a trivial incident to cause her death."
Judge Giles Forrester told Harvey: "To throw a hard object such as a remote control device so as to strike your wife in this way was irresponsible and dangerous. You have a problem with your temper."[/release]
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Has this man never hear of the mute button?
He married a TV remote what?
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Shoulda stayed in the kitchen
3 Years? That's a bit steep. It's not like he intended to do her serious harm.
[QUOTE=TrouserDemon;19039887]3 Years? That's a bit steep. It's not like he intended to do her serious harm.[/QUOTE]
At least it'll give him time to think.
3 years seems right, just because it was unintentional does not justify this act of murder in any way.
the guy needs to control his fucking temper, 3 years is good enough.
thats messed
I guess he couldn't turn her on
:smug:
Three years isn't even [I]remotely[/I] close to what I was thinking he would get.
I feel terrible for him.
Just one of those heated moments in an argument where you lose all self control and do something stupid, as a result he lost everything. Now he has to live with this for the rest of his life.
[QUOTE=shinobiboy77;19040096]3 years seems right, just because it was unintentional does not justify this act of murder in any way.
the guy needs to control his fucking temper, 3 years is good enough.[/QUOTE]
I dunno, it was an accident. I doubt this man has any potential to kill anyone in the future, and he'd probably be too scared to throw any more tv remotes at people.
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[QUOTE=Tippmann357;19040274]I guess he couldn't turn her on
:smug:[/QUOTE]
:|
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[QUOTE=IdiotStorm;19040298]Three years isn't even [I]remotely[/I] close to what I was thinking he would get.[/QUOTE]
>:|
he just changed the channel thats all
I guess it was a [i]remote[/i] shutdown.
It's not actually funny to make unfunny puns on purpose.
It's right what they say you know, TV really IS a killer.
That scream picture is only funny when it makes sense.
[quote]A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.
A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.[/quote]
Remote - apply directly to the forehead
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;19039637][release]A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.
A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.
Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna by a "fluke" chance after the device struck her on a weak artery near her neck, the Old Bailey heard.
The 48-year-old, who had previously worked as an American diplomat in India, died from a massive brain haemorrhage as Harvey tried to give her the kiss of life.
The electrical engineer, of Euston, central London, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March.
The couple had been arguing about maintenance which Harvey was paying to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage.
His lawyer, Jonathan Goldberg QC, said: "By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness."
He went on: "He loved this woman very much. She was obviously a very fine woman who gave up her work for him. He is deeply ashamed and remorseful at the death of his wife at his hand."
The court was told that Ms Laguna had a very rare condition which neither she nor her husband knew about.
Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, said: "It would only have required a trivial incident to cause her death."
Judge Giles Forrester told Harvey: "To throw a hard object such as a remote control device so as to strike your wife in this way was irresponsible and dangerous. You have a problem with your temper."[/release]
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Has this man never hear of the mute button?[/QUOTE]
must have bee a real turn off
Maybe she didn't make him a samich.
It's a shame when people get out of control like that.
Wow, that's horrible. :(
RIP, and condolences to family and friends. :(
owned kik kik
[quote=Source]A man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.[/quote]
[quote=Source]killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head[/quote]
[quote=Source]at her head[/quote]
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To be honest, if I were the judge, I'd've just given him a year. Three years is still reasonable, though.
[QUOTE=Pascall;19041636]That scream picture is only funny when it makes sense.[/QUOTE]
So it's never funny?
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[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;19042659]It's a shame when people get out of control like that.[/QUOTE]
I had an anger issue, I lost my finger. Now I dont has anger issue.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;19039637]The 48-year-old, who had previously worked as an American diplomat in India, died from a massive brain haemorrhage as Harvey tried to give her the kiss of life.[/QUOTE]
So he tried to kiss her and she died of brain hemorrhage?
Holy fuckin' shit, bro.
Guess the mute button didn't work on her.
[QUOTE=Faunts;19039660]He married a TV remote what?
[Img]http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7889/muteher.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Also apparently HE was the female in the relationship... which is odd. What does that make the remote? Some kind of super male?
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