Wife arrested for killing magician husband in Kochi

Saturday 05th April, 06:48 AM JST

KOCHI —

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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greenteaonsens at 11:49 AM JST - 5th April

Her lawyer is gonna have to work some magic to get her off this charge...
Taka313 at 06:09 PM JST - 5th April

This crime would be much easier to understand if he was a mime and not a magician.

Taka
Wottock_Hunt at 10:21 PM JST - 5th April

She'd never be able to con jury members.
Wottock_Hunt at 10:22 PM JST - 5th April

Apparently, when the emergency services arrived, they contacted HQ with the message "We 'ave a cadaver".
Desiderata1967 at 11:40 PM JST - 5th April

Wottock Hunt - now that's funny!
Sarge at 12:12 AM JST - 6th April

Desiderata1967 - No, it's not.
Wottock_Hunt at 03:09 PM JST - 6th April

oooooooooo, pardon me all over the place. Sarge, The One True Arbiter, has spoken.
Taka313 at 04:46 PM JST - 6th April

Wottock,

Very clever. Good one.

Taka
Sarge at 06:16 PM JST - 6th April

Taka313,

No, it's not.
Desiderata1967 at 06:31 PM JST - 6th April

Sarge, Yes, it is. You'd know that if you had a sense of humour!
Sarge at 06:41 PM JST - 6th April

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 at 07:40 PM JST - 6th April

Wottock, He just hasn't figured it out yet. Once someone from fox explains it to him, he'll likely laugh.

Taka

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Wottock_Hunt at 08:33 PM JST - 6th April

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 at 09:40 AM JST - 7th April

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 at 09:03 PM JST - 7th April

yeah, she might have got away with it but she couldn't make him disappear...