Police on Friday arrested the wife of a professional magician who was murdered in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, on March 31. Yasuko Uwano, 53, was arrested for allegedly killing her husband Tsutomu, 52, by hitting his head with a heavy object around noon on March 31. Police say she apparently battered herself in a suicide bid.
The two were found by a relative. Yasuko was taken to hospital, suffering head injuries. Police said she has admitted hitting her husband but denied intent to kill.
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rjd_jr
She'll need all the magical tricks up her sleeve to escape jail.
perixe
he should've abra-cadabra'd out before she got him.
some14some
Perhaps she was practicing Black Magic.
kaminarioyaji
oh dear... just wait for the list of magic related puns... May I start? He should have pre-emptied her and sawn her in half... He should have used his disappearing act the moment she started...there`s gotta be more.
chip shop worker too is she?
romulus3
hmm, so it was just something she pulled out of her hat?
Sarge
"she apparently battered herself in a suicide bid"
This is really sad.
Desiderata1967
She could have said "He told me to do it. At first I refused, but he assured me it was a new magic trick, and that he would be perfectly okay. I did as he asked, but he didn't do the trick correctly!"
End of story, she could then go home, have a nice cup of green tea and watch David Copperfield on the tube!
greenteaonsens
Her lawyer is gonna have to work some magic to get her off this charge...
Taka313
This crime would be much easier to understand if he was a mime and not a magician.
Taka
Wottock_Hunt
She'd never be able to con jury members.
Wottock_Hunt
Apparently, when the emergency services arrived, they contacted HQ with the message "We 'ave a cadaver".
Desiderata1967
Wottock Hunt - now that's funny!
Sarge
Desiderata1967 - No, it's not.
Wottock_Hunt
oooooooooo, pardon me all over the place. Sarge, The One True Arbiter, has spoken.
Taka313
Wottock,
Very clever. Good one.
Taka
Sarge
Taka313,
No, it's not.
Desiderata1967
Sarge, Yes, it is. You'd know that if you had a sense of humour!
Sarge
Desiderata - No, it's not. This is a sad story and humo(u)r has no place here. By making jokes, you disgrace yourself.
Taka313
Wottock, He just hasn't figured it out yet. Once someone from fox explains it to him, he'll likely laugh.
Taka <strong> Moderator: All readers back on topic please.</strong>
Wottock_Hunt
I spent quite some time in this chap's bar when I lived in Kochi. He was extremely talented and had a twinkle in his eye for my ladyfriend. I wouldn't like to speculate on why this tragedy happened, but I would venture, having some knowledge of the man, that he would be the first to approve of people making a joke of sadness.
Altria
Man, there are so many ways she could have made this look like an accident...sawn in half, an unfortunate sword swallowing accident, drowned in the bathtub handcuffed and bound...
ca1ic0cat
yeah, she might have got away with it but she couldn't make him disappear...