US woman guilty of Stephen Hawking Tenerife death threats

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

US woman guilty of Stephen Hawking Tenerife death threats

1 July 2016 Europe

A US woman has been given a suspended four-month jail sentence in Spain for threatening to kill British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.

The 37-year-old has also been banned from approaching to within 500m of the scientist or communicating with him on social media for eight months.

The woman was arrested in a hotel in Tenerife, close to where Prof Hawking was attending a conference.

She had stalked him on social media before following him to the island.

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[CherokeeDem]

1. Who the F*** would want to kill Stephen Hawking?

I know she's probably unstable but really....

This world confuses me sometimes....

[Glassunion]

2. ...

[CherokeeDem]

4. Maybe....

He has warned they might not be friendly.

[malaise]

3. Is she a Fundie??

[Eugene]

5. Police say she's mentally unstable.

She told them she is in love with him.

[madinmaryland]

8. Isn't that the definition of a fundie? Mentally unstable.

[suffragette]

6. WTF?

Just really, wtf?

[Lance Bass esquire]

7. Cosmologist ?? She thought he was a Cosmetologist n/t

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[madinmaryland]

9. Thread win!!!!

[pinboy3niner]

14. She was out for revenge after the unfortunate experience with her fawking cosmetologist

Easy mistake.

[surrealAmerican]

16. Well, what if you want to emphasize ...

... the stars in your eyes?

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Tenerife is a major vacation destination, and the Canaries are home to major telescopes

Not sure where you're thinking of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife#Tourism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Telescopio_Canarias
http://www.grancanaria.com/patronato_turismo/51029.0.html
http://www.thelocal.es/20160408/wrath-of-gods-could-force-us-to-move-super-telescope-from-hawaii-to-spain

[Warren DeMontague]

15. I see.

I just remember watching a documentary about the '77 plane crash, and IIRC the klm pilot was in a hurry to get out of there because there were no facilities or something. Didnt seem like there was a whole lot there. At least back then.

Not trying to bag on Tenerife, really i'm not.

[LeftishBrit]

13. No, Tenerife is quite a popular holiday destination

It is in the Canary Islands, and has a good climate and scenery. It would be a good place for a biologists' conference, as it's known for its huge variety of plant and animal species. Maybe less obvious for physicists, but they do have an Astrophysical Institute, and in any case it would be a place that many people would like an excuse to visit.

[LeftishBrit]

12. CRAZY!