Auto-corrected cell phone text leads to killing

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-02-17 00:30

  A man stabbed his neighbour to death after 'mutter' was mis-spelt as 'nutter' in a text message - because of the predictive dictionary.
  
  Josef Witkowski died after being left with more than 100 injuries following the knife attack.
  
  Neil Brook, 33, had sent his 27-year-old friend the message - and then attacked him when he turned up at his property because of the mis-understanding.
  
  Witkowski went round to Brook's flat in Walkden, Greater Manchester, after they had exchanged a string of abusive text messages.
  
  Brook is now facing a lengthy spell in jail after being found guilty of manslaughter.
  
  In advance of the visit he had fitted knives to the door and near his bathroom in his flat which hit the victim in the leg.
  
  After suffering a knife wound, Mr Witkowski sought sanctuary in the bathroom, but Brook smashed his way through and continued the assault.
  
  The Bolton News said Manchester Crown Court heard the victim had 104 injuries including cuts, stab wounds, bruises and slice marks on his hands, with the fatal blow piercing his heart.
  
  A jury at Manchester Crown Court cleared Brook of murder, but found him guilty of an alternative charge of manslaughter.
  
  The jury accepted the defendant's claim that the 'dramatic and extremely violent' attack had been provoked.
  
  He said Mr Witkowski had gone to his flat with a knife, looking for a fight, although it was never conclusively established whether he had a knife or not.
  
  Brook told officers at the flat: ‘I tripped him up as he came through the door and I thought: “Right you’re getting it.”
  
  ‘He had a big kitchen knife and I pulled my knife off the door and stabbed him. I just lost it and went crazy. I thought we were mates.
  
  'All over a misunderstanding over a text. I said mutter not nutter.’
  
  Sentencing will be at a future date, and Judge Michael Henshell said: 'Anybody looking at the facts of this case would be struck by the level of violence, whatever the level of provocation is assessed to be.
  
  'Obviously the sentence will be a long one.'
  

  
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1356632/Man-killed-friend-row-mis-spelt-text-message.html?ITO=1490
  
  Auto Correct should either work 100% or never be used
• Morrigan wrote on 2011-02-17 00:32
  ....I'm sorry, but this is hilarious.
• Cynic wrote on 2011-02-17 00:34
  lolwut. Honestly, this guy either is a real nutter or he had a grudge for the dude.
  You don't stab someone that many times.
• Taycat wrote on 2011-02-17 00:38
  He should really have read over his text message.
• otto wrote on 2011-02-17 00:38

  Quote from Chisuke;338500:

  ....I'm sorry, but this is hilarious.

  
  
  Dont be sorry. That's pretty damn hilarious.
  Oh, people can be so ridiculous~ xDD
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-02-17 00:39

  Quote from Cynic;338503:

  lolwut. Honestly, this guy either is a real nutter or he had a grudge for the dude.
  You don't stab someone that many times.

  
  
  This.
• Wing wrote on 2011-02-17 00:49
  I hate when my phone does that..
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-02-17 04:07
  [Image: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/images/cat-arsenic.jpg]

  
  :ran_cat2:
• Kazuni wrote on 2011-02-17 04:15
  It's not that funny considering someone died.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2011-02-17 04:18

  Quote from Kazuni;338736:

  It's not THAT funny considering someone died.

  
  
  Still funny though.
• Kazuni wrote on 2011-02-17 04:26

  Quote from Mentosftw;338739:

  Still funny though.

  
  
  By not that funny I meant not funny at all.
• Mama wrote on 2011-02-17 04:35
  it's funny because there is no way that it was actually a misspell.
  mutter is a verb ffs
  
  the whole thing is rather suspicious. One of them needs to be psychotic..
• Q wrote on 2011-02-17 04:55

  Quote from Kazuni;338736:

  It's not that funny considering someone died.

  
  
  it's not really funny actually. more of a -facepalm--headdesk--facenuke- kind of thing. shouldn't he have asked about it? to confirm that the guy actually MEANT to say nutters...?
• Moppy wrote on 2011-02-17 04:57
  ...
  
  He got manslaughter? WTF?
• Morrigan wrote on 2011-02-17 04:59

  Quote from Kazuni;338747:

  By not that funny I meant not funny at all.

  
  
  Its funny because thats a really stupid reason to kill someone. There must have been something more, I mean nutter is a lame insult, really. But in this case I guess the insult was true.
  
  You and I have a different sense of humor.
  And while it is sad that someone died, its funny how insane the human race is becoming.