Friday, March 31, 2006

Woman 27 Kills husband 72

Tatjana Edwards has been convicted in London of murdering her husband. In a twist on what could be considered a more expected reason, it seems the motive was that Gwyn was not a millionaire. Tatjana, from Estonia, arrived in Britain as a student, but was raped and forced into prostitution before escaping her pimp's clutches. It was while selling sex for £200 a time at a brothel in North London that she set out to "snare" Gwyn a client, who intimated that he was a multi-millionaire. Unfortunately for both of them, he was not. Things became progressively worse as the money ran out and the court heard that the final row over money ended with Gwyn stabbed to death. Tatjana told the court that Gwyn's death was an accident. She had been trying to commit suicide with the knife when Gwyn tried to intervene - and the knife slipped. The jury did not believe her and she now faces a life in prison.

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