Posted on 11/03/2011 2:33:31 AM PDT by markomalley
A Star Wars fanatic choked his Thai bride to death after she destroyed his prized collection of toys.
Rickie la Touche, 30, said his wife had had damaged his treasured Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker memorabilia which he had been collecting since he was a child.
During a subsequent row he suffocated Pornpilai Srisroy, 28, before running off to his mother's house to tell her what he had done.
The mother-of-one was later discovered dead on the couple's bed covered with a duvet and pillow in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years yesterday after a jury found him guilty of murder. He had admitted manslaughter.
La Touche - also known as Rickie Nehls - told police his wife had smashed up his Star Wars collection as part of a campaign to 'make his life hell.'
He claimed he was a henpecked husband who 'flipped' after she threatened to leave him to go back to her native Thailand.
He first met her in a bar while on holiday in Bangkok in Thailand in 2001, Preston Crown Court was told.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Emperor has a job for him as the next Darth...
Was it a regular choke or a Force choke?
“Was it a regular choke or a Force choke?”
I find your lack of faith disturbing...
What else was he supposed to do?
In the Eurozone you get time off for doing the mother-in-law.
Not just Great Britain - Every neighborhood has one or more of these idiots who refuse to give up their childhood obsessions and completely grow up.
They might get married and move out of mom’s basement but they are just waiting for the right (wrong?) stimulus to go berserk.
Is this fallout from the Nanny State or the pussyfication of western culture? Or both?
Give in to the Dark Side.
“hostitutes”
So life in prison is now a minimum of 12 years?
Yes. But they're dogie years...
Sometimes a guy has to do what a guy has to do.
Worst.Marriage.Evar. -Comic Book Guy
The article neglects to mention other things found at the scene: Gaffi sticks, Bantha tracks, and blast points that were too accurate for Sand People.
Thanks for starting my day with a coffee-sprayed keyboard.
That was brilliant.
Thai Ping
As Rush is so fond of pointing out, the capital of Thailand is the prostitution mecca: Bangkok
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