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.
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I have to travel all over Asia for work and spent time in thailand.
THe one thing most commonly heard is DO NOT MARRY A BAR GIRL
Girls from the country, on the other hand... my soon to be wife is Thai and she is the sweetest angel I have ever known.
Methinks there's a clue to the "root cause" of this guy's problems.
Isn't that true anywhere?
But the child will be secretly raised by his uncle in the perp's hometown. Oh, and he has a twin sister that was adopted by a Senator.
Bfl
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I played with Star Wars action figures, but had outgrown them by the time those gay little “Ewoks” came about. Even Tauntauns had such a limited role they could only have been inserted into the movie to sell more action figures. Star Wars action figures jumped the shark when they sold a separate R2-D2 with a little sensor that raised out of his head...LAME.
“She has failed him for the last time.”
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Memories...
A person is dead who shouldnt be dead, but the result is this thread. And it’s a good one.
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