The beach houses at Mornington Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Photo is taken by The Official Photographer for Rombongan Cik Yah ke Australia, Encik John.

British man killed wife over 'single' Facebook status

LONDON (AFP) - A British man who murdered his wife after becoming enraged when she changed her relationship status on Facebook to "single" was jailed for at least 18 years late Thursday.

Edward Richardson, 41, stabbed wife Sarah, 26, to death in a "frenzied and brutal" attack at her parents' home in Biddulph, central England, last May after she altered her profile on the Internet social networking site.

The couple had been living apart since the previous month, said Fiona Cortese, a spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service, which is responsible for prosecuting cases in England and Wales.

"Richardson became enraged when Sarah changed her marital status on Facebook to single and decided to go and see her as she was not responding to his (text) messages," Cortese said.

"He gained entry by breaking the front door window and made his way into the property.

"Once inside, he found Sarah in her bedroom and subjected her to a frenzied and brutal attack with a knife and then attempted to take his own life."

Sarah Richardson's parents Beryl and Alan Boote said they were left "devastated" by her murder after the verdict at Stafford Crown Court, central England.

"We hope that Richardson will be an old man before he's ever allowed out of prison," they said.

Detective Inspector Andy Wall, who worked on the case, added: "She had decided that her marriage to Edward Richardson was over but this was clearly something he could not accept."

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WOW! That's horrible!! Pretty scary, huh?!! Sometimes I wonder how stupid people can be at times. Talk about true love and such, given a brain to think, but never know how to use it to think wisely! Everyone's getting crazy nowadays, and the world is not a safe place to live in anymore. How sad.

Went crabbing with some friends last few weeks at Grange Beach jetty. We used frozen pilchard (sardine) combined with chicken carcass as bait. It was a full moon night, where the lights on the jetty were all turned off and the only source of light that we had was only from the moon. A lot of baby crabs were trapped in the net which need to be released to the sea again as they did not meet the requirement of 10cm minimum length.

Look at the baby crabs, how cute! Maybe in real human life, they were like a bunch of kiddie in kindergarten, playing hide and seek, running happily here and there but suddenly got trapped in the net. Poor little baby! So, those baby crabs had safely continue having their own sweet times in the sea after being released from the net.


Preparing the bait before the net is released to the sea. We used a total of 4 net that night, 1 with shrimp paste (belacan) which bring us no luck at all. Maybe local aussie crab didn't like the smell and taste of belacan, eh?

Baby Gummy Shark!! This fella keep on trapping from one net to another, it was too small, not even 1 meter, did not meet the minimum length required, and need to be released to the sea again.

Well it was a great night for us, not until some local dudes went fishing and encountered with a 3ft shark. We waited for a while and continue crabbing, but finally called it a night when the guy next to us 'fighting' for his fishing rod with a 9ft shark! It was entirely our fault, and some others who stubbornly use the strictly restricted bait;the chicken carcass. The worst thing is if you get caught, and issued a summon by the Sea/Jetty Inspector, you have to pay a large amount of money which obviously worth zillion times more than the total of crabs you manage to get.

Some of the hasil tangkapan, after almost 4 hours spent on the jetty. 8 crabs in total, so masak lemak cili api it is! It was super fun and exciting with the great company that night, something that I would tremendously miss when I left Adelaide for good, one day.

Ada seorang kawan yang saya rindu amat menyambut ulangtahun kelahirannya beberapa hari yang lalu. Memang saya nak ucap melalui panggilan telefon ataupun kiriman sms, tapi hati masih terluka dek penipuan dia hingga maruah saya tercarik luka. Saya mahu jadi orang pertama tepat jam 12 ucap selamat bahagia gembira buat dia, tapi kalau saya panjatkan doa pada Tuhan saja pun, kira cukuplah kan?

Dia tak perlu tau pun saya mendoakan dia dari jauh.
Dia tak perlu tau pun saya rindukan dia.
Dia tak perlu tau pun dia masih kawan saya.
Dia tak perlu tau pun saya masih sayangkan dia.
Dia cuma perlu tau untuk tidak menikam belakang kawan.
Dia cuma perlu tau untuk tidak meletakkan maruah kawan di bawah tapak kakinya
Dan dia cuma perlu tau untuk belajar bercakap jujur.
Itu saja.