A man has been jailed for three years for killing his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head.
Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna by a fluke chance after the remote struck her on a weak artery near her neck, the Old Bailey heard. The 48-year-old died from a massive brain haemorrhage as Harvey tried to give her the kiss of life.
Harvey, an electrical engineer of Euston, central London, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March. The couple had been arguing when Harvey lost his temper at his wife, a former American diplomat in India.
Jonathan Goldberg QC, defending, told the court the couple had intended to go to church but stayed home to watch television instead. An argument started about maintenance which Harvey was paying to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage.
"All he did was throw the remote control in her direction," said Mr Goldberg.
"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 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 or 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."
He said Harvey had to take responsibility for the "dreadful and tragic" consequences of his actions.
I can't see the point of a prison sentence... are other people in danger by him throwing a remote control at them? Is it a punitive measure to make him feel guilt?
And yet a man can be instrumental in the death of three people in three different road accidents where he was thought to have been racing and gets away scot-free (excuse the pun!)
Go figure....
bluesbiker In: Birmingham in th
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Woman are always moaning about blokes hoggin the remote.
The dude gives it to her and looks wot happens. THAT is why we keep hold of remotes. cus in the wrong hands they can be deadly.
Pretty sure on this occasion the knowledge that his actions killed someone he loved is punishment enough ................... but were does it stop .............. will you then get someone who kills in a similar fashion deliberatly knowing they will get off with it........... sounds mad but alas think it would happen
But the evidence showed that she had a "very rare condition which neither she or her husband knew about" and "it would only have required a trivial incident to cause her death."
Could just as easily have been a snowball thrown in fun....
My Dad died when he was involved in a minor road accident, he was suffering from a heart defect which nobody knew about, didnt stop the guy he had the prang with feeling immensely guilty to the point he suffered from major depression for along time afterwards. I would have been mortified if he had been accussed and emprisoned.
Think our law and the people who enforce it should take each individual case on its own merit
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