Man arrested for threatening to kill ex-girlfriend

Good. Good work by the police.

He should be arrested, because there are far too many cases in this country where young women are not protected from emotionally infantile males who kill them because of rage and jealousy.

Lock 'im up.

they have arrested a 31-year-old unemployed man

he was upset over the woman ending their relationship.

That female must be upset with 31-year-old that has no job try to insist for a relationship.

Good. Now keep him behind bars for six to twelve months to teach him a lesson. Otherwise, she might be in the news.

I hope this is the last chapter of this tale

He sounds like a real catch!

Far too often a woman will get a threat and report it... the Police then arrest or warn the guy to stay away but often he does not. So what can be done? I say put a GPS collar on the guy and give the woman an application that would warn her if he comes within 1km. If you're gonna threaten to kill someone then you deserve the collar.

Just playing devil’s advocate here but how many guys on here have had your girlfriend or wife say she wants to kill you or to go die, blah blah blah in a heated argument? I can’t believe I’m the only one? If only words, it doesn’t seem like that’s an arrestable offense unless there’s something more to this story

Just playing devil’s advocate here but how many guys on here have had your girlfriend or wife say she wants to kill you or to go die, blah blah blah in a heated argument?

I hope I'm not just lucky for having never had that happen.

@Gaijinjland - You have freedom to practice whatever form of consensual relationship(s) you like. The reported case was not consensual - she dropped him, and he informed her he would like to kill her for that.

Gaijinjland

Just playing devil’s advocate here but how many guys on here have had your girlfriend or wife say she wants to kill you or to go die, blah blah blah in a heated argument? I can’t believe I’m the only one?

I don't think it's as common as you seem to think it is, at least not with couples who are still together.

If only words, it doesn’t seem like that’s an arrestable offense unless there’s something more to this story

There is more. Many women have been killed by ex-boyfriends/spouses who threatened them, but whose threats were ignored or minimized by the authorities. This time, they did something.

Gaijinjland Today  08:18 am JST

Just playing devil’s advocate here but how many guys on here have had your girlfriend or wife say she wants to kill you or to go die, blah blah blah in a heated argument? I can’t believe I’m the only one? If only words, it doesn’t seem like that’s an arrestable offense unless there’s something more to this story

First of all, saying something verbally in the heat of the moment is quite different from actually taking the time to type it out in a text message and then hitting the 'send' button.

Secondly, if a man were to break up with a girlfriend, and then she proceeded to send an "I'm going to kill you" in a text message ... then yes, the guy should call the police. And the woman should be arrested.

Again, actually typing out the message in a text and then sending it is very, very different than just blurting it out in spoken form in a fit of anger. It's much more deliberate, much more chilling, and clearly a far greater threat.

Just playing devil’s advocate here but how many guys on here have had your girlfriend or wife say she wants to kill you or to go die, blah blah blah in a heated argument?

I've dated lots of women and don't know how many ex's I have; never had an interaction when either of us got into life threats.

Surreptitious_Nihon

I have never seen as the abusive treatment of retail and service staff as I saw in Japan. I've seen angry customers shout at staff, bang their table and in one case I saw one salaryman swing his briefcase at a conbini staff member.

In 30 years I have never witnessed a single event.

Hmm… does it really make a difference blurting out I’m going to kill you in an argument versus a text? For 99.9% of people these are empty meaningless threats said out of anger and hurt feelings. To be fair I’ve received texts from an ex where i was the one who initiated the breakup telling me to go die and kill myself… but never a text saying explicitly they were going to kill me.

I hope I'm not just lucky for having never had that happen.

Give it time kiddo. Dutch wives that speak are soon to be released.

Gaijinland, I get what you're saying, and have indeed been threatened in the heat of an argument (Date a Latina, they said. It'll be fun, they said...) however I did not take that threat as real. The young lady in this case however clearly thinks this threat is genuine and, frankly, she knows best.

As above, I'm glad that plod has taken action for once; let's hope they can actually keep this nutcase away from her.

Words have meaning.

Civilization is based on words.

Expressing intent of physical violence even by words should be despised and severely condemned. It was clearly before. It will come back.

Especially against women or defenceless people.

Police took one day to react. It should have taken an hour once informed. Maybe it was the case but it should be explained.

Good job. His name should be shamed.

I still love you, therefore I must kill you.

This young woman has had a very lucky break, in that the imbecile flagged-up his intentions in advance.

How many times do you read on here of the woman being killed by a deranged ex, with no warning issued beforehand......

Sounds like he's in need of substantial education in basic life skills, before being released back into the community - just hope he gets it.