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Woman kills husband with folding couch
She allegedly was mad because he was drunk and wouldn't get up
Reuters
updated 1:28 p.m. CT, Wed., July. 9, 2008
ST PETERSBURG - A Russian woman in St. Petersburg killed her drunk husband with a folding couch, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
St. Petersburg's Channel Five said the man's wife, upset with her husband for being drunk and refusing to get up, kicked a handle after an argument, activating a mechanism that folds the couch up against a wall.
The couch, which doubles as a bed, folds up automatically in order to save space. The man fell between the mattress and the back of the couch, Channel Five quoted emergency workers as saying.
The woman then walked out of the room and returned three hours later to check on what she thought was an unusually quiet sleeping husband.
Police refused to comment.
The St. Petersburg Emergency Services Ministry said a private rescue service removed the man's body.
Video on the television channel's Web site showed emergency workers sawing away the side panels of a couch to remove a man in his underwear lying headfirst between the cushions.
Emergency workers said the man died instantly.
Copyright 2008 Reuters. Click for restrictions.
LAST EDITED ON Jul-10-08 AT 09:00?AM (MST)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25606488/?GT1=43001
UTROY
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Woman kills husband with folding couch
She allegedly was mad because he was drunk and wouldn't get up
Reuters
updated 1:28 p.m. CT, Wed., July. 9, 2008
ST PETERSBURG - A Russian woman in St. Petersburg killed her drunk husband with a folding couch, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
St. Petersburg's Channel Five said the man's wife, upset with her husband for being drunk and refusing to get up, kicked a handle after an argument, activating a mechanism that folds the couch up against a wall.
The couch, which doubles as a bed, folds up automatically in order to save space. The man fell between the mattress and the back of the couch, Channel Five quoted emergency workers as saying.
The woman then walked out of the room and returned three hours later to check on what she thought was an unusually quiet sleeping husband.
Police refused to comment.
The St. Petersburg Emergency Services Ministry said a private rescue service removed the man's body.
Video on the television channel's Web site showed emergency workers sawing away the side panels of a couch to remove a man in his underwear lying headfirst between the cushions.
Emergency workers said the man died instantly.
Copyright 2008 Reuters. Click for restrictions.
LAST EDITED ON Jul-10-08 AT 09:00?AM (MST)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25606488/?GT1=43001
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
