<div style="float: right; padding: 3px;"><img src="http://images.totalgamingnetwork.com/images/thumb_gta-logo-200.jpg" alt="" border="1" /></div>A mother of three was stabbed to death by her husband earlier this week. The 62-year old man, Malcolm Palmer, brandished two knives and stabbed Carol Cannom (46) after she stayed up all night playing Grand Theft Auto on their PlayStation.
The problems began when the couple picked up the console for their 10-year old son, James. After James played the system until midnight most nights, Ms. Cannom would then hop on and would often stay up as late as five or six in the morning playing. The issue came to a head when Palmer was forced to sleep on the sofa after Cannom brought their 37-inch television into the bedroom in order to play all night.
These late night sessions led to Palmer becoming more and more unhappy with the amount of time the couple spent together. He went into a "violent rage" and accused her of having an affair, a move that prompted Cannom to request that he leave the house.
Palmer's lawyer tried the unnecessary but obvious defense of blaming the PlayStation as the spark that set this entire series of events in motion.
The problems began when the couple picked up the console for their 10-year old son, James. After James played the system until midnight most nights, Ms. Cannom would then hop on and would often stay up as late as five or six in the morning playing. The issue came to a head when Palmer was forced to sleep on the sofa after Cannom brought their 37-inch television into the bedroom in order to play all night.
These late night sessions led to Palmer becoming more and more unhappy with the amount of time the couple spent together. He went into a "violent rage" and accused her of having an affair, a move that prompted Cannom to request that he leave the house.
That evening he attacked her with two knives, inflicting 20 separate wounds to her upper chest. The murder was overhead by their son James, who called 999 before Palmer grabbed the phone and told emergency operators: "I'm sorry. I think I've killed her."
Palmer's lawyer tried the unnecessary but obvious defense of blaming the PlayStation as the spark that set this entire series of events in motion.
Defence lawyer Timothy Spencer QC told the court: "The genesis of this tragedy bizarrely lies with the purchase of the PlayStation."
Clearly, this couple was perfectly fine prior to the introduction of the PlayStation into their household. Feel free to read more about this in the Telegraph.
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