get over it
When people walk from the marriage, it's over; they don't belong to you. Sad fokks, but not as sad as actual or intended murder.
Friends Reunited killer gets life
An Italian who travelled to the UK to kill his wife's lover, after she reconnected with her teenage sweetheart through the Friends Reunited website, was jailed for life last week. Francesco Matta, 56, was sent to prison for a minimum of 11 years after a jury found him guilty of murder at Exeter Crown Court, Sky News reports. …
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Monday 21st April 2008 11:26 GMT gareth
@Matt
He didn't say it was casual he said when its over they don't belong to you
which is of course true
and either way murdering the lover seems the wrong thing to do
surly murdering the wife for cheating would be the more appropriate thought still wrong course of action
and these days marriage is pretty casual its so easy to get a divorce these days the only point in marriage is to secure a widows pention and benifits should your partner die. Its not really a show of commitment any more
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Monday 21st April 2008 12:05 GMT Anonymous Coward
Not what headline meant to me
When I saw the headline I assumed that someone had just released a social networking site similar to Friends Reunited. I found this unbelievable as I assumed that when ITV purchased FR they killed it there and then.
Then I read on.
There are some that would argue that living in Tiverton is some kind of death sentence on its own. But I wouldn't.
In keeping with the Friends Reunited/ITV angle, my coat is showing crappy drama and re-runs of once-upon-a-time decent gameshows from the 1980s.
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Monday 21st April 2008 12:15 GMT Martin Jones
Keeping the Regs happy
Shoulda killed em both with old SCO Unix CD's with sharpened edges.
Would have got the full support of the El Reg crowd for that one.
quote: "these days marriage is pretty casual"
wtf?
"Hey babe, fancy coming back to mine tonight for a quick marriage ceremony? How do you like your divorce papers served in the morning....?"
*sigh
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Monday 21st April 2008 13:32 GMT Anonymous Coward
"If you play with fire, expect to get burnt."
Is this supposed to equate to "if you leave your husband, expect him to murder your lover"....?
And here was me thinking that because Murder is illegal and pretty damn morally reprehensible, that it's not actually ever to be "expected" from rational grownups...
Surely it's more like "murder someone, expect to go to jail"....?
I pity this sad man for not being able to let go... but I still want him put away, thanks.
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Monday 21st April 2008 14:58 GMT Gordon
Homicide....
I never understand why people "get in touch" after 30 years. You've both led different lives, you'll probably be very different people. Maybe it's a way of trying to hang onto the past? But the past IS the past - you have to leave it there. Wistfully wishing you'd made different decisions to what you did is one thing, but it makes about as much sense as regretting getting last weeks lottery numbers completely wrong.
Your wifie running off with someone else doesn't justify homicide. That said, if she's decided to leave and will claim 60 percent of your worldly possessions, insist you sell your home, your car and all the rest of it to pay for her leaving and setting up with some new chap (who she won't marry, so you keep paying) then you cannot really be surprised if you're looking a bit askance. She just decides after years that she fancies a change, and you can darn well pay for her new life, whilst moving into a rented shoebox yourself, she takes up with her new blokie on 3 incomes in a big pad and hassles your for cash.
TBH, I think it'd feel like doing much the same myself. I'm not saying it'd do it, but i'd certainly enjoy a few lurid daydreams!
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Monday 21st April 2008 20:15 GMT ImaGnuber
Lonely Guy
It just occurred to me - I hope Matt tells anyone he is chatting up that he approves of murder as a response to unfaithfulness.
If he is himself unfaithful will he live up to his standards and commit suicide?
I wonder if he would find reason to think his own unfaithfulness was justified and his wife/girlfriend/boyfriend whatever should understand?
Silly thoughts.
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Monday 21st April 2008 20:15 GMT Pyros
Sardina
Let's not forget that some peeps in Sardina seem to have a fetish for knives.
(Mind you, that could be the rumor-market, but even here we're damned careful around people with a history of collecting knives in general. I only collect high-quality ones. *pats his Wenger steel Swiss Army*)
Mine's the one with a Woodsman's Pal hanging from it.
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Tuesday 22nd April 2008 00:11 GMT Steve Smith
@Homicide....
"I never understand why people "get in touch" after 30 years. You've both led different lives, you'll probably be very different people."
Well, I had a live-in girlfriend 20ish years ago who had a very unusual level of talent with her tongue that helped the relationship last some 4 years. Fortunately, I didn't marry her.
To those of you whose mind dwells in the gutter, she, um, spoke very pleasantly. That's obviously what I meant.
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Tuesday 22nd April 2008 02:51 GMT lglethal
You all seem to have missed the point
If your partner is running off to be unfaithful (and i didn't read anything in the article that said anything about her running off pre-divorce or being a golddigger - thats only the previous commentators preconceptions), then something is wrong with your relationship. Full stop, capital letter.
People who are happy in their marriage, don't leave and don't mess around. If someone leave's then usually there is a BIG problem in the marriage. I think its pretty obvious that this guy has some serious mental problems (regular people dont go halfway across Europe to murder people!), so i think i can see where the problem lay and why the women wanted to get away.
I feel sorry for her and for the poor bugger that got stabbed. I do NOT feel sympathy for Mr Murderer!
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Tuesday 22nd April 2008 07:43 GMT Sceptical Bastard
Where's the Mafia angle?
Oh *there* it is: "...Matta, from Cagliari, Sardinia..."
@Matt. Quote "If you play with fire, expect to get burnt."
If you're saying don't piss off the Mafia, you might have a point. But as you appear to be sdaying that infidelity should be punishable by murder, I suggest you fuck of to Iran where your mysoginist medievalism will be welcome.
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