a unique case with a unique set of circumstances  

YEah, i have read about this case on the newspaper about a few days back.. IT's kinda ridiculous, but he cant be blamed too.. For it's a sickness.. and imagine the hurt and pain he's going thru, of knowing he killed his own wife by mistake, or unintentionally??

It's just like the case of sleepwalking.. One can just jump off the building with they themselves knowing, and died just like that?? Or what happens if they din die, and will he be charged as attempted suicide which is illegal? I dun think so.. haha

I can imagine him doing it, but I cannot imagine him being innocent. There has been almost an epidemic of this kind of case lately, almost always with a man killing a wife or girlfriend. In one case it was a woman who killed her mother. Personally, I don't think the motive should make a bit of difference. If you kill someone you cannot bring them back to life, so you are responsible. In my view that applies to drunk drivers, sleep-walkers, criminals of passion or anybody else. If it wasn't self-defense then it is still murder in my opinion. So if this man really were innocent, how could he live with himself?

whoa!.. i feel terrible for the guy.. he loved his wife so much but he was the reason of her death.. and to think it all happened because they went out for the holiday.. tsk tsk tsk.. poor old man. :( sob

My first thought is if he's lying or not...he could've resented her for many years for something silly & maybe he justcracked it one night & took revenge...my other theory is maybehe's a violent sleeper as there are many of them around.

This case is indeed very unusual.I do not know what to say.He is sick and his sickness became a weapon for his wife's death.He must be feeling sick both physically and mentally.May God help in overcoming this tragedy.

I have heard of other stories like this and I just can't believe that someone can actually kill someone while "dreaming". That he is not aware of what he is doing. Is it something like sleep walking where you don't even know you are up and around. The only thing with this story that makes me think its legit is the fact they have been married for so many years. I bet if he was alot younger there would have been a bigger investigation.

No matter whether the man can be believed or not, it's a sad story. I wonder if it means that all married people should be afraid of going to sleep in the same room as their partner?

I really don’t know what to say…fact is really stranger than fiction. This is the first time I’ve heard of any such mental illness called automatism. Really scary if you know somebody with this disorder…no guarantee what that perfectly normal person would do! Anyway, justice has indeed prevailed…the gentleman will anyway have to carry the burden of guilt in him forever (more so, she was his childhood sweetheart)…it would have been worse if he had to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

This is an unusual case and if this man is telling the truth, certainly justice has prevailed and his punishment will be that he has to live with what he’s done for the rest of his life and I know if it were me I would go insane with grief and guilt! If he is guilty he is a murderer and a liar who deserves to be in prison for a very long time and for the key to be preferably thrown away! I guess only he and his wife know the truth and she is no longer here.

it certainely is a unique case and very tragic.its heartening to hear that he got out free,obviously his wife trusted him to go out with him alone,maybe he needs a more stringent phsychiatric evaluation.