If this lady were in England, she'd be laying waste to the countryside and they'd give her a colorful name like "The Pubside Predator":
A woman accused of fatally shooting her husband following a dispute over a warm beer pleaded not guilty on Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court.Corine Jones, 66, of the 5100 block of Terry Avenue, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Investigators said she shot her husband, Robert Jones, 71, when he handed her a warm can of Stag beer on Dec. 3, 2006, at their north St. Louis home.
Police said Corine admitted to shooting her husband when they arrived at couple's home and found him dead in the kitchen.
It's unclear from the article whether he staggered into the kitchen to die or fell where he was shot, but at some point a fatal mistake was made and a warm beer was tendered. I'm fairly certain he died confused. Then again, maybe this was the end game of some campaign of terror he'd launched against her that included bowls of lukewarm chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese sandwiches that had only been cooked on one side.
Posted by floridacracker at February 9, 2007 06:17 AMIf she were in England she wouldn't have expected the beer to be cold but being handed a can of American beer might be considered justifiable cause for her actions.
Posted by: marybeth at February 9, 2007 07:30 AMmarybeth is correct and another difference is that in the UK there would not be an expectation that the couple's refrigerator manufacturer would be the subject of a civil suit - only a matter of time in the US and will be deemed "The Reverse McDonalds" case.
Posted by: tfhr at February 9, 2007 08:11 AMOr a tunst made with Hellmann's.
Posted by: Cindy at February 9, 2007 08:20 AMThe worst part is that the beer in question was "Stag", which is a local brew. It is also, without question, the worst beer I have ever tasted.
(One credit I'll give the local paper is that it, because the dead man became a national joke, made sure to give him a nice obituary.)
Posted by: marc at February 9, 2007 09:33 AMI'm pretty sure you can shoot someone for handing you a Stag. For a Huber's, you get to use illegal automatic weapons.
Posted by: Chris at February 9, 2007 03:35 PMgrilled cheese sandwiches that had only been cooked on one side.
That is funny in it's evility.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at February 10, 2007 04:05 PM