How screwed up is this? British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide

[babylonsister]

British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide

Friday, August 08, 2008


In a grim attempt at revenge against his estranged wife, a British businessman committed suicide by decapitation in his Aston Martin sports car, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported Friday.

According to the Mail, Gerald Mellin, 54, had been consumed with dark thoughts surrounding his 34-year-old wife's decision to leave him.

The day before his death, a court had granted Mirielle Mellin additional alimony, the Mail reported.

Following the decision, in the last contact with his wife, Mellin sent a text message reading, "Congratulations, XXX."

The businessman then reportedly tied one end of a rope he kept in his Aston Martin convertible to a tree and wrapped the other end of it around his neck as he sat in the driver's seat. He then drove the car at a high speed onto a busy road, forcing other drivers to witness his violent suicide, the Mail said.

Phillip Rogers, the coroner assigned to the case, ruled the cause of death as decapitation.

"I'm satisfied this was a deliberate attempt by Mr. Mellin to kill himself."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400221,00.html

[DianeG5385]

1. A little passive aggressive? Uh yeah

Sick world we are in

[liberalmuse]

17. The guy was sick, but at least he took himself out...

instead of mowing down innocent people, or his ex with a gun. I almost admire the guy. This took balls and a little bit of creativity.

[Digit]

28. Yet he could have taken people out as the car was still moving

Reckless

[geomon666]

2. Good lord man.

There are better ways than that.

[JeffR]

3. I'll give him credit for driving an Aston Martin, anyway.

Poor bastard.

[babylonsister]

5. ANGRY bastard. WTF? She must have been unbearable. Or he

was a nut job. I don't get it, at all. He got the last laugh? :shrug:

[JeffR]

6. If he had time to get a laugh offing himself this way, I'd be surprised.

What a way to go, as they say.

x(

[babylonsister]

16. I hear you. I am not that angry, at anyone, to kill myself. nt

[JeffR]

18. Same here

But if I ever get that despondent, I'd at least leave the Aston Martin pristine, and I say that as someone whose primary mode of transportation is a mountain bike.

[babylonsister]

19. Ha! The Aston Martin, above all else, rules!

Damn! :evilgrin: I wish I could think of the real lemon car my sister had; sporty, small, epic FAIL.

Aston Martin rules!

[JeffR]

21. Apparently he left the car to his wife, too.

Hard to believe she'd be eager to drive it now. Maybe that was his real revenge...

[edbermac]

33. Read the whole story, he ran up the bills, she's liable for them.

Mr Mellin owned the gym and sun tanning centre where his wife had worked as a beautician. The inquest heard the pair had both been married before their wedding in 2002.

They split up five years later, and Mrs Mellin continued to live in their luxury farmhouse in the village of Crumlin, near Neath, South Wales. She told the court: 'Our marriage was horrendous most of the time. After we split he phoned me and said he wanted to do a deal with selling the business.

'He had been to see an accountant but the way he did it was all wrong. I said it was about time we stopped arguing and started behaving like adults.

'That was when I met him in the pub and he showed me the rope.'

The inquest in Swansea heard that after her husband's death she discovered he had cancelled a life insurance policy which would have paid out to her.

She said: 'He ran up an extortionate amount of debt. I've got to sell the farmhouse now, just to pay the debts.

I'll give him an 'A' for originality.

[Vickers]

4. From his will: "To my lovely wife, I leave the Aston Martin."

:P

Seriously though, that is pretty messed up. It's a shame that innocent folks had to see that (and I imagine it was unsettling even for the responders involved).

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

22. Are those leather seats or upholstery?

Because if it's upholstery, that shit ain't gonna be easy to clean up. I would imagine ripping your head off at high speed would leave one hell of a mess!

[Vickers]

30. Seat covers, babe.

:P

[babylonsister]

7. How screwed up is this? British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide

British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide

Friday, August 08, 2008


In a grim attempt at revenge against his estranged wife, a British businessman committed suicide by decapitation in his Aston Martin sports car, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported Friday.

According to the Mail, Gerald Mellin, 54, had been consumed with dark thoughts surrounding his 34-year-old wife's decision to leave him.

The day before his death, a court had granted Mirielle Mellin additional alimony, the Mail reported.

Following the decision, in the last contact with his wife, Mellin sent a text message reading, "Congratulations, XXX."

The businessman then reportedly tied one end of a rope he kept in his Aston Martin convertible to a tree and wrapped the other end of it around his neck as he sat in the driver's seat. He then drove the car at a high speed onto a busy road, forcing other drivers to witness his violent suicide, the Mail said.

Phillip Rogers, the coroner assigned to the case, ruled the cause of death as decapitation.

"I'm satisfied this was a deliberate attempt by Mr. Mellin to kill himself."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400221,00.html

[Codeine]

8. Now THAT'S spectacle!

Fuck the Olympics, this guy puts on a real show!

[d_b]

9. so bad

but so good.

[Aqaba]

10. With a thick British accent....

"I'm satisfied this was a deliberate attempt by Mr. Mellin to kill himself."

[MrSlayer]

11. Awesome.

That dude was sending a message.

[babylonsister]

12. Yes he did, and now it's over. He showed her! nt

[Drunken Irishman]

13. That's pretty awesome.

[babylonsister]

14. That's angry, very angry. Is that awesome? nt

[Drunken Irishman]

27. Yes.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

15. Thats some

strong rope!!

[silverweb]

20. I think wire might have hurt a little less.

Just sayin'....

[dysfunctional press]

23. it's kind of like tying a string to your loose tooth, and the other to a door knob...

and then slamming the door to pull the tooth.

but to the Nth degree.

[Contrary1]

24. He canceled his life insurance before he offed himself.

And besides one slightly stained Aston Martin, he left her with all his debt. Angry is an understatement.

[babylonsister]

25. That was one angry man. Makes me wonder how big of a bitch she

was to resort to that.

[girl gone mad]

29. huh?

The guy clearly had emotional problems, and probably mid-life crisis considering the car and the young wife. Good for her that she was able to get out of the relationship. Who knows how he treated her when they were together. I'm guessing someone with that kind of temper wasn't much fun to put up with.

[noamnety]

32. Woah.

You are more than a little out of line. This guy own his actions all himself. Given his WAY over the top violent revengeful method of dealing with a breakup, I wouldn't be surprised if he was abusive.

Abusers are that way because THEY have a problem; not because the women in their lives are "bitches."

I hope you never find yourself in such a position to understand that.

[babylonsister]

39. You're right.

Not knowing the situation, I was out of line. I was reflecting on two people I know who got taken for all they were worth in their later years by greedy wives, but I don't know this situation.

Sorry, and I stand corrected.

[Mind_your_head]

26. How crazy is that?

In a grim attempt at revenge against his estranged wife, a British businessman committed suicide

The "businessman is now dead and the wife will now suffer through Y E A R S of "lively" guilt, I'm sure.

:crazy:

To the 'businessman', "you really got her on that one!" :thumbsdown: :stupid: <---- if it happened that way at all. :wtf:

[Fenris]

31. That car didn't deserve that.

[gort]

34. I thought his name was Toby Dammit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEF33rm1kDM&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIv4aY8uGJk&feature=related

Fellini does Poe. Awesome.

[MrModerate]

35. "Deliberate attempt to kill himself." Ya think? n/t

[DemoTex]

36. He obviously gave it (suicide) some thought ..

.. before he lost his head.

[TexasObserver]

37. "I'm satisfied this was a deliberate attempt by Mr. Mellin to kill himself."

And that's why he's the coroner. He knows stuff.

[Octafish]

38. He's not the first. Remember the Star Wars scientist ''suicides''?

One guy, Ashaad Sharif, is alleged to have tied a rope around his neck in 1986 and drove off in his Audi.

http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/sdi-deaths.html

[TwilightGardener]

40. Points for creativity, I'll give it a 6.

[WinkyDink]

44. Nah; he copied it off a Polish guy the other day.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/08/02/businessman-cut-off-his-own-head-in-bizarre-suicide-86908-20680794/

[TwilightGardener]

45. That guy was a real trailblazer, then--tip of the hat to him.

[renie408]

41. Ok...he decapitated himself to keep her from the alimony? Jeez, that makes the War of the Roses

look tame.

[nc4bo]

42. Now showing on FoxNews......how appropriate. Maybe some of the more hateful ones will take the hint

and do us all a favor.

.....that's mean, I'm sorry, not my fault. Whenever I see the words Fox and News together like that, I get these, um, ideas.

[WinkyDink]

43. What's up with all the beheadings lately? Jeez.