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Old 09-08-2008, 01:33 PM   #1
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got this in an email..
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Originally Posted by BBC news
A depressed businessman going through a divorce decapitated himself by tying a rope to a tree and driving away in his open-top car, an inquest has heard.
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Early on 14 September 2007, Mr Mellin tied one end of a rope to a tree in a car park on Mumbles Road in Swansea.

He wrapped the other end around his neck and accelerated away in his Aston Martin DB7.
full story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7548504.stm


yeah, the thread title was in referrence to the car...

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Old 09-08-2008, 01:42 PM   #2
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Looks like his wife had been running up a fair bill in that tanning salon of his...
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Old 09-08-2008, 03:01 PM   #3
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Mirrielle Mellin told the court their marriage was mostly "horrendous".


wonder why...
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Old 09-08-2008, 03:10 PM   #4
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not really the sort of material required on here.
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