A London, England, man has been sentenced to three years in prison after killing his wife by hitting her in the head with a television remote control.
46-year-old Electrical Engineer Paul Harvey was arguing with 48-year-old American wife Gloria Laguna about his step-daughter's education and his previous wife. Alcohol and cocaine had been consumed by both when Paul threw the remote control, which weighed roughly one-third of a pound, at his wife.
Both parties were unaware that Laguna suffered from an extremely rare health condition causing an artery in her neck to be weak. The television remote control hit Laguna in that area, causing massive brain hemmorhage. Harvey attempted to administer CPR but was unsuccessful. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year.
Harvey's attorney, Johnathan Goldberg QC, said: "All he [Harvey] did was throw the remote control in her direction. By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness. He loved this woman very much. She was obviously a very fine woman who gave up her work for him. He is deeply ashamed and remorseful at the death of his wife at his hand."