Man 'killed wife during a dream'

21 Nov. 2009 11:00pm

The trial of a husband accused of murdering his wife as they slept in a camper van has heard he killed her because he dreamt she was an intruder.

The body of Christine Thomas, 57, was found in a camper van in a car park in Aberporth, Ceredigion, in July 2008.

Swansea Crown Court heard that her husband Brian Thomas, 59, suffered from a sleep disorder.

The prosecution says it is seeking a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity" against Mr Thomas, of Neath.

Prosecuting barrister Paul Thomas QC, in his opening words to the jury on Tuesday morning, described the case as "highly unusual".

He described how Mr Thomas killed his wife, his childhood sweetheart, because he had dreamt she was a man who had broken into their motor home.

The court was told Mr Thomas's disorder meant he was not in control of his actions when he strangled his partner of 40 years.

After commissioning evidence from sleep experts, the prosecution agreed his actions were involuntary and he could not be held responsible.

The prosecution has told the jury it will have a choice between the "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict it would argue for, or the straightforward "not guilty" verdict the defence would seek.

The case continues.

**NotNeccesary** · 21 Nov. 2009 11:03pm

Holy crap 40 years!
That's facked...

27 Nov. 2009 08:28am

wow that sucks well i hope he diddnt do it on purpose thats a unusual case..

**Down for maintenance** · 27 Nov. 2009 01:25pm

Awww that's so sad. The guy must have been mortified when he woke up and found her like that.

**HTML** · 27 Nov. 2009 02:06pm

I say he's bullshitting around. People will say literally anything to get off. Honestly, it's the same as "God told me to in a dream" or some other bullshit excuse, the end result being his wife dead, and her blood on his hands.

**Vortex** · 27 Nov. 2009 02:24pm

That had to of sucked when he woke up and found her dead =/

**Oharo - kun** · 27 Nov. 2009 02:35pm

Wow, i wish i could do that. xP
But not in america, i'll die in prison there. -.-

27 Nov. 2009 06:18pm

Weird. I believe that counts as manslaughter, not insanity.

**Torian** · 27 Nov. 2009 06:23pm

He shouldn't be left on his own anymore so pushing the basic "not guilty" verdict would be a bad idea. Stick that dude in a ward till the problem is eradicated or taken control of.

27 Nov. 2009 07:11pm

Originally Posted by Shojo

That's just horrible. I would want to go to jail if I did that.

Not sure about wanting to go to jail, but I'd obviously want help. Or perhaps death.

27 Nov. 2009 08:52pm

Wow... think of how the man is coping through this. He must have the biggest cloud of guilt and sorrow over him.

**C0FFINCASE** · 28 Nov. 2009 12:39am

What proof is there he was asleep? How do you know he isn't just faking the whole thing?

**Slash** · 28 Nov. 2009 03:47am

That's so sad...

28 Nov. 2009 03:11pm

Originally Posted by C0FFINCASE

What proof is there he was asleep? How do you know he isn't just faking the whole thing?

What proof do you have that he wasn't asleep?

I'm pretty sure for it to come down to those 2 verdicts that there was a lot of analyzing of the subject. They don't just go up to the guy and say, so you killed your wife? YES! I DID IT IN MY SLEEP! Ok, good enough for us.

But it all boils down to: you never know what a person has truly done just by looking at the evidence.

**noblemin** · 29 Nov. 2009 07:03pm

well it was not his fault. although he should grt due to insanity

**Tobi** · 01 Dec. 2009 11:10pm

wow really if you had to live with that it would suck if he wasn't lieing.....

01 Dec. 2009 11:36pm

holy damn lol that is messed =/

**ccgamer** · 01 Dec. 2009 11:38pm

Watch in a month he commits suciucide due to guilt and or confusion.

**FoRspArTA** · 02 Dec. 2009 01:46am

IMO this is such bs. He definitely did it on purpose, there is no way he could sleep kill his wife. She could have definitely slapped him awake or something before she died...
Sad story though, I feel bad for the woman.

02 Dec. 2009 12:21pm

Bunch of shit, he killed her on purpose.

**Snow-kun** · 02 Dec. 2009 01:26pm

Thats weird... To have a dream and doing it the same time

**Halogod** · 02 Dec. 2009 09:33pm

Damn that is crazy

**Sorrow** · 03 Dec. 2009 02:46am

That 'not guilty because of insanity' is just complete crap. He killed someone, that's that. Insanity's too hard of a thing to judge in our society nowadays.

**sighkick** · 20 Dec. 2009 09:44pm

Thats ridicoulous..no more sleepovers for me...How can you kill someone while asleep...

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