Wife murdered for Facebook status

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Edward Richardson, 41, of Mayfield Road, Biddulph, was found guilty of stabbing Sarah Richardson to death.

He killed the 26-year-old hairdresser at her parents' home in Brown Lees, Staffordshire, on 12 May, 2008, Stafford Crown Court heard.

Richardson tried to kill himself after the attack and was sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years in prison.

Fiona Cortese, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Richardson became enraged when Sarah changed her marital status on Facebook to single and decided to go and see her as she was not responding to his messages.

"He gained entry by breaking the front door window and made his way into the property.


Sarah Richardson had worked as a hairdresser in Sandbach

"Once inside he found Sarah in her bedroom and subjected her to a frenzied and brutal attack with a knife and then attempted to take his own life.

"We hope that today's guilty verdict will go some way to easing the pain of Sarah's family and friends after losing her in such a violent and abrupt way."

In a statement, Mrs Richardson's parents, Beryl and Alan Boote, said: "There simply aren't the words to describe how Sarah's death, and the awful way in which she died, has affected us. We all miss her so much.

"Sarah was the loveliest daughter anyone could wish for. She was honest, loyal and sweet, and everyone loved her."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7845946.stm


Ummm So im not Creating Facebook account then!!!
 
Hahaha, that's beautiful.

"Status: Single."

Also this is the second knife attack on a woman I've read today. What's with all the knife attacks lately? Sure is Dio Brando up in here.
 
This thread has the potential for amusing wordplay.
 
Laurence has just murdered his wife.
- Jess Deacon: Omg i can't believe u did that!
- Inspector Javert: Stop right there, criminal scrum!
 
Then there's that stabbing attack at Virginia Tech attack a few days ago, where her head was decapitated. **cked up people... They've already been through so much over there, and now this heh.
 
Then there's that stabbing attack at Virginia Tech attack a few days ago, where her head was decapitated. **cked up people... They've already been through so much over there, and now this heh.

That place should just be shut down, the amount of killings that happen there.
 
Is that a post of a new, understands-humour-and-irony Kat, or the old, entirely-oblivious Kat?
 
I cannot allow you to defame the honour of another by so 'fixing' their post.

En garde!
 
Also this is the second knife attack on a woman I've read today. What's with all the knife attacks lately? Sure is Dio Brando up in here.

The Joker said:
Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are.

He just wanted to know who his wife really was.
 
I bet it was because stupid Facebook sends a message to everyone when you change your relationships status, even if you try to tell it not to alert other people. Frickin annoying and now somebody is dead because of it.
 
She should never have cut in line. Oh, arse, wrong thread. Well so long as I don't press Pos-
 
I can just see facebook updating it now for all their friends-

Edward Richardson and Sarah Richardson have ended their relationship
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The moral clearly is that NEVER set your status to single.
:hmph:
 
How sad. This relationship must have been hemorrhaging love. The guy really should have just let his feelings bleed out and die rather than perforate the problem so quickly.
It must have struck her so suddenly, too. I wonder if he even gave her a chance to explain?

If it were me, I would have such a splitting headache.
 
Hey, I like this guy. He's a cut above the rest of the newbies we get around here. Fresh off the chopping block and he's already got the puns down to a cuisinart.
 
Knife-Eye.thumbnail.png
 
i ponder if the creator of facebook would feel any remorse...after all, because of him this woman is dead. Not to suggest it wouldn't have happened at another point.
 
To use the same joke twice in two consecutive knife threads:

Oh, they are so seperrated.
 
I had a fellow associate tell me he got stabbed (and even showed the massive scar) but the man would always freak out when anyone around him were using a knife. Hes a big guy too, but even the smallest knife made him edgy. stabbing people is so archaic
 
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