Man kills woman over Sony PlayStation row
p2pnet news view Games | Crime:- In one most horrifying game addiction stories yet, a man “stabbed his partner to death after she threw him out of their bedroom so she could spend the nights playing on a Sony PlayStation console,” says The Telegraph.
The man, Malcolm Palmer, 62, who lives in Lincolnshire, England, admitted murdering Carol Cannom, 46, says the BBC.
“In the months leading up to the murder, Palmer was forced out of the couple’s bedroom and forced to spend hours in the cold conservatory watching a portable television while his partner played games on the Playstation in the warm,” says the story.
The couple fhad been together for 30 years, “but their relationship soured after they bought the console for their 10-year-old son James,” says The Telegraph, going on:
“He would play on the computer until midnight, after which Ms Cannom would take over, regularly staying up until five or six in the morning, Lincoln Crown Court was told.”
Palmer has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years.
The Telegraph – Father killed partner who became hooked on Sony PlayStation, March 30, 2009
BBC – Playstation row murderer jailed, April 1, 2009
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April 1st, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I guess she liked Sony’s “joystick” that much more!
8 P
April 1st, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Here is another one:
Athanassios Arvanitis, 31, carried out the gruesome act on the island of Santorini following a heated argument with partner Adamantia Karkali, 25, police said.
Neighbours claimed Arvanitis also beheaded his girlfriend’s dog with a butchers knife before turning the blade on his victim.
He then picked up the severed head of Ms Karkali and roamed through the streets of Vourvoulos while villagers fled inside their homes and called the police.
When police attempted to arrest Arvanitis, he pulled a knife and stabbed one officer before flinging the head of his victim into a patrol car, local officials confirmed.
The cook then stole a second patrol car sparking a high-speed police chase in which he ran over two women doctors who were riding a motorcycle.
During the chase, Arvanitis was shot five times by police as he attempted to flee before he was finally forced to stop the car.
Arvanitis, who worked at a local restaurant suffered serious injuries and was undergoing surgery at a hospital on the island, said Chrysanthos Roussos, head of the Santorini district.
One of the two doctors hit by Arvanitis suffered multiple fractures in the collision. The other was uninjured.
A female bystander was also hit by a stray bullet as police fired at the suspect. She escaped serious harm.
Angelos Roussos, the mayor of Thira, the island’s main town told TV station Antenna that Ms Karkali had worked as a teacher in a local village.
Santorini is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast from Greece’s mainland.
Its nightlife and physical beauty have made the island a tourist hotspot for European travellers.
More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7539944.stm
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 am
Now THEM’S what I call “serious gamers!”
Wow…..just, wow.
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:52 am
It’d be cool to know which game was it that caused this
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
was it a playstation 3 or a playstation 2?
August 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm
The son can now play his ass off around the clock.