ST, Aug 6, 2005
Wife murdered for wanting a cuddle after sex
PANAMA CITY (FLORIDA) - A MAN who said he was angry with his wife because she nagged him to cuddle after sex while he wanted to watch sports on TV has been sentenced to death for killing her with a hammer.
Christopher Offord, 30, was sentenced on Wednesday by circuit judge Dedee Costello, who said the brutality of the killing outweighed any mental-health issues, the News Herald of Panama City reported on Thursday.
'The defendant struck his wife approximately 70 individual blows after spending a happy interlude with her,' the judge said.
'Her desire to cuddle after sex does not justify the extremely violent, brutal response of the defendant.'
Offord pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the July 31, 2004, death of Ms Dana Noser, 40, at his Panama City apartment.
He initially confessed to a bartender at a sports bar before being arrested. He told investigators, in a taped interview played to the jury, that he got annoyed when he wanted to watch a sports programme and Ms Noser continued to ask him to return to bed with her.
Offord has repeatedly said he wanted a death sentence.
'Prison isn't the issue,' he said in a jailhouse interview in June. 'I figure I killed her, so I deserve to die.'
A 12-member jury had unanimously recommended death. Offord's only other option was a life jail term without parole.
All death sentences go automatically to the Florida Supreme Court for appeal. -- ASSOCIATED PRESS
this means you do not love me?
wah....70 hit Super Combo Finish....biang eh....violent siah
