Man killed wife in Facebook row

[Don]

I guess you might want to wait awhile before you broadcast to the world that your single again. She had to have an idea that this would set him off.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 676285.stm

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook.

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.

Forrester, who pleaded guilty to murder, was ordered to serve a minimum term of 14 years.

Judge Brian Barker, the Common Serjeant of London, told him: "You committed a terrible act. There is no possible excuse or justification.

"This is a tragic killing and what you have done has caused untold anguish."



Forrester, an HGV driver, was drunk and high on cocaine when he attacked the mother of two in the early hours as she slept.

He beat her, tore out clumps of her hair, and repeatedly stabbed her in the head and neck.

Neighbours were woken up by her screams. They found him sitting outside the house covered in blood and called the police.

The court heard Forrester thought his wife, a payroll administrator, was having an affair and had threatened to kill her.

The couple, who had been together for 15 years, had a "volatile" marriage, jurors were told.



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.

In a statement to police Forrester said: "Emma and I had just split up. She forced me out.

"She then posted messages on an internet website telling everyone she had left me and was looking to meet other men.

"I loved Emma and felt totally devastated and humiliated about what she had done to me."

In a victim impact statement, Mrs Forrester's sister Liza Rothery said the murder had had a "devastating" impact on her and parents Frances and Robert.

Miss Rothery added: "What on earth could Emma have done to result in such a brutal, callous attack on a defenceless woman?"

[Michigan Girl]

WOW!!!

[Rhiannon]

Facebook is crazy! I miss the days when it was exclusively for college kids... Ugh. Do they still implement flogging in England?

[scarygirl]

:shock:
WOW!!!

Yeah. Makes you wonder what the brother would have done if she had actually gotten to new first date. Wonder why it didn't work out?

[artist4perry]

Now he sets in prison..........great plan. Just divorce and move on! People shoot themselves in the foot when they don't think. Sad. No one wins.

[Smoothie]

What was he thinking?

[annpea]

What was he thinking?

Cocaine Courage, Is a bitch.

[fightingilliniJRNY]

Facebook is crazy! I miss the days when it was exclusively for college kids

Same. First high school could join, now anybody. Yeah, I really want to be "Facebook Friends" with my 12-year old cousin and my mom. Okay...

[weatherman90]

I want to know what happens to dead people's profiles. Do they get removed after a certain period of inactivity?

It's a logical question!

[fightingilliniJRNY]

I want to know what happens to dead people's profiles. Do they get removed after a certain period of inactivity?

It's a logical question!

We've had a couple of people die in accidents at my school, and I guess as soon as someone lets the Facebook people know about it they deactivate the account.

[Angiekay]

It's called mental instability. Facebook has nothing to do with it. He could have found out throught a mutal friend the same information and it would have had the same result.

I found out my boyfriend was dating someone else through Facebook. I didn't stab him, I told him good riddance....and I'm not in jail for it!

[conversationpc]

It's called mental instability. Facebook has nothing to do with it. He could have found out throught a mutal friend the same information and it would have had the same result.

I found out my boyfriend was dating someone else through Facebook. I didn't stab him, I told him good riddance....and I'm not in jail for it!

Good thing he wasn't a Kansas fan, though, or his fate may have been a bit different...

[Maui Tom]

It's called mental instability. Facebook has nothing to do with it. He could have found out throught a mutal friend the same information and it would have had the same result.

I found out my boyfriend was dating someone else through Facebook. I didn't stab him, I told him good riddance....and I'm not in jail for it!

bet stabbing was a close second though?

[Angiekay]

It's called mental instability. Facebook has nothing to do with it. He could have found out throught a mutal friend the same information and it would have had the same result.

I found out my boyfriend was dating someone else through Facebook. I didn't stab him, I told him good riddance....and I'm not in jail for it!

bet stabbing was a close second though?

Stabbing? No. Castration? YES

[Maui Tom]

It's called mental instability. Facebook has nothing to do with it. He could have found out throught a mutal friend the same information and it would have had the same result.

I found out my boyfriend was dating someone else through Facebook. I didn't stab him, I told him good riddance....and I'm not in jail for it!

bet stabbing was a close second though?

Stabbing? No. Castration? YES

[Voyager]

What was he thinking?

The same things that other psychopaths like him think about: Control, domination, abuse, and self-gratification.

[Angel]

The scary thing is....these freaky psycho's are all around us! You never know who they are!

[artist4perry]

The scary thing is....these freaky psycho's are all around us! You never know who they are!

My advice to young girls, if a guy starts to separate you from friends, loved ones, etc. That is a red flag. Over possesiveness, controlling behavior all bad signs. Get out early.