Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mark Lawson, ane makore 44, (ari pamufananidzo) akaponeswa mujeri nhasi pashure pokubaya mumwe waaishanda naye nebanga rokubika nyama mukukakavadzana kusinganzwisisiki pamusoro pemhete dzehanyanisi. Munhu anodya mubhawa uyo akabaya mumwe waanoshanda naye mugumbo nebanga rebhekoni mumutsetse pamusoro pemhete dzake dzehanyanisi akaponeswa mujeri nhasi. Muvaki Mark Lawson, ane makore 44, akanga ari muimba yokutandarira yeThe Diamond Tap muNewbury, Berkshire nokuda kwepati yake yeKrisimasi apo akabvuma kuti mushandi biyake Simon Myers aigona kutora machipisi kubva mundiro yake. Zvisinei, apo VaMyers vakatanga kudya rin'i yehanyanisi, Lawson akatsamwa, akadanidzira kumukadzi wake ndokupinza banga muchidya chake. Simon Blackford, nokuda kwokupomera, akaudza Reading Crown Court kuti Lawson akanga achinwa nevamwe vake pamutambo wokupemberera apo akarayira hamburger, machipisi uye zvindori zvehanyanisi. Akati: 'Mupomerwa akarayira hamburger nemachipisi uye zvindori zvehanyanisi uye vamwe vaaishanda navo, kusanganisira VaMyers, vakatora zvindori zvehanyanisi uye izvozvo zvakaita kuti pave nemhinduro inoputika. 'Mupomerwa akati "usauya pakati pangu nemhete dzangu dzehanyanisi" uye zviri pachena kuti paiva nokutaura pamusoro pazvo.' Zvisinei, mumwe wavashandi vaviri, kubatanidza VaMyers ipapo akaseka pamusoro pokutora mamwe emhete dzavo dzehanyanisi. Panguva iyoyo, Lawson 'akapindura nenzwi guru zvikuru' pane zvakanga zvichiitika ndokubaya VaMyers nebanga rokubika nyama ravakanga vakabata. Banga racho rakabaya gumbo raVaMyers, richivaparira ronda rine ropa raiva rakadzika masendimita maviri, pamberi peimba yokudyira yaiva izere nevanhu vakanga vachitya musi waDecember 19 wegore rapera. Achitaura nokuda kwokudzivirira, John Simmons akati Lawson akanga ave achirwisana nechinetso chokunwa uye akatoshanyira Anonymous Alcohol kwechinguvana kuti arege kunwa doro. VaSimmons vakati Lawson, anogara kuThatcham muBerkshire, akanga asina zvinodhaka kwemwedzi mitanhatu uye chisarudzo chake chokunwa chakanga chiri 'chenguva imwe chete' chaakazvidemba zvikuru. 'Ichi chiitiko chakatanga sekuseka asi hachina kuguma saizvozvo,' akawedzera kudaro. 'Pamberi pomutambo uyu weKrisimisi iye akanga achida kurega kupinda uye zvino chokwadika anozvidemba kuti akapinda. 'Haasati ambonwa kubvira pazuva iroro kusvikira nhasi.' Lawson 'akapindura...
Simon Myers akanga abvunza Mark Lawson kana aigona kuva nemamwe machipisi ake. Lawson akabvuma, asi akatsamwa apo Mr. Myers akatora rin'i yeanyanisi panzvimbo payo. Chiitiko, icho chakatanga sengano, chakaitika papati yeKrisimasi yebasa. Lawson akapiwa mutongo wejeri wemwedzi mitanhatu wakaiswa parutivi kwegore.