Man killed wife over Facebook post
BBC reports that a man has killed his wife in a Facebook row. His wife had had her Facebook profile updated to “single” and had posted entries that humiliated him.
Man killed wife in Facebook row
Wayne Forrester, 34, told police he was devastated that his wife Emma, also 34, had changed her online profile to “single” days after he had moved out.
The Old Bailey heard Forrester drove to her home in Croydon, south London, and attacked the mother-of-two.
He stabbed her with a kitchen knife and a meat cleaver on 18 February. He beat her, tore out clumps of her hair, and repeatedly stabbed her in the head and neck.
Forrester, who pleaded guilty to murder, was ordered to serve a minimum term of 14 years.
‘Devastated and humiliated’
The day before the murder, he called her parents and complained about his wife’s Facebook entry which he said “made her look like a fool”, the court heard.
“She then posted messages on an internet website telling everyone she had left me and was looking to meet other men. (Source: BBC)
This is tragic.
I do admit that the thing that caught my attention is the word Facebook.
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This is disturbing. Facebook can be so deadly too!:P
Oct 18
Well, too bad for the wife. Luckily friendster is not as dreadful as facebook.
Oct 19