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Man jailed for killing wife with TV remote
A British man who killed his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head has been jailed for three years.
Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna, 48, by a "fluke" chance after the remote hit her on a weak artery near her neck. Despite his efforts to revive her, she died from a massive brain haemorrhage, London's Old Bailey court heard.
Harvey, an electrical engineer from London, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter in March of the former US diplomat.
Defence lawyer Jonathan Goldberg said Harvey was "deeply ashamed and remorseful" at the death of his wife, who had had a very rare condition which neither she nor her husband had known about.
"All he 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," Mr Goldberg said.
The couple had been arguing about maintenance payments Harvey was making to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage when he lost his temper, the court heard.
Judge Giles Forrester said Harvey had to take responsibility for his actions, adding: "To throw a hard object such as a remote control device so as to strike your wife in this way was irresponsible and dangerous."
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