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Woman stabs boyfriend to death over Bruce Springsteen

post #1 of 26
3/13/08 at 5:29am
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...een/index.html

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Woman stabs partner to death after fight over Bruce Springsteen

(CNN) -- An Australian woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing her boyfriend because he objected to her listening to Bruce Springsteen's music.

The national news agency, Australian Associated Press, reported that the Supreme Court in the city of Brisbane sentenced Karen Lee Cooper to eight years in prison.

Cooper told arresting officers she "just got tired" of her boyfriend, Kevin Watson, bossing her around during their two-year relationship.

"I couldn't even play Bruce Springsteen on my stereo. Can you believe that? Can you believe that?" Cooper told police, according to the Courier Mail newspaper.

Later, in a formal police interview, she repeated her claims: "I mean, who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen? I am 49 years old and I want to play my own music."

Springsteen is an award-winning American singer-songwriter, best known for his lyrics about the struggles of the common man.

The couple had been drinking at their rental home the night of the stabbing two years ago when they began arguing over Cooper's choice of music, the Australian Associated Press said.

Cooper's lawyer told the court she experienced a "brain snap." She ran to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed Watson, 49, after he said he didn't want her to listen to a Springsteen CD, the newspaper said.

Cooper took a handful of pills before calling police. She told officers she hoped the pills would kill her before they arrived.

According to the press reports, Cooper regretted the stabbing and did not think her boyfriend deserved to die.
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post #2 of 26
3/13/08 at 8:15am
Which album? That's an important detail, at least when considering sentencing.
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post #3 of 26
3/13/08 at 8:31am
No jury in Jersey would have convicted her, let me tell you.
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post #4 of 26
3/13/08 at 8:57am
Even if she wasn't born in the USA?
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post #5 of 26
3/13/08 at 9:26am
Maybe in Philadelphia.
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post #6 of 26
3/13/08 at 9:40am
the question is -- will Springsteen write a song about this?
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post #7 of 26
3/13/08 at 9:42am
You can stab someone to death in Australia and only get 8 years? Or was the sentence so low because everyone in the court is a big Bruce fan?
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post #8 of 26
3/13/08 at 9:49am
If it was Tunnel of Love, then I can understand....
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post #9 of 26
3/13/08 at 10:34am
To be fair, I wouldn't hesitate to engage in a little of the old ultra-violence myself if my wife tried to stop me from playing my Springsteen discs.
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post #10 of 26
3/13/08 at 10:42am
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Originally Posted by Drew S. View Post
You can stab someone to death in Australia and only get 8 years? Or was the sentence so low because everyone in the court is a big Bruce fan?
Hey, in Canada you get 8 months, and a free pass if it was over some Bryan Adams. Put that into perspective.
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post #11 of 26
3/13/08 at 11:08am
Hey, you keep talking while I'm trying to listen to "Thunder Road"? I will set you on FIRE.
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post #12 of 26
3/13/08 at 11:42am
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
No jury in Jersey would have convicted her, let me tell you.
Shit, we'd build her a statue. And give her one of Little Steven's used bandanas.
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post #13 of 26
3/13/08 at 11:49am
She didn't like her boyfriend being the Boss.
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post #14 of 26
3/13/08 at 11:57am
That guy didn't know it at the time, but he was a Dead Man Walking.

....

I hate myself.
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post #15 of 26
3/13/08 at 12:14pm
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Hey, you keep talking while I'm trying to listen to "Thunder Road"? I will set you on FIRE.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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post #16 of 26
3/13/08 at 12:16pm
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Originally Posted by Devildoubt View Post
If it was Tunnel of Love, then I can understand....
Feel free to bad mouth the production on Tunnel of Love all you like but lyrically that's a great album.
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post #17 of 26
3/13/08 at 12:22pm
They had her in a line-up, the witness pointed and yelled "She's The One!"

If her dad's named is Adam, Adam Raised a Cain.

You have to understand, that this was a Long Time Comin'.

She approached him and said "I have something here For You."

She was picked up by a State Trooper and a Highways Patrolman.

She'll be serving Straight Time.
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post #18 of 26
3/13/08 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Banks is my hero View Post
She didn't like her boyfriend being the Boss.
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post #19 of 26
3/13/08 at 12:36pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
She was picked up by a State Trooper and a Highways Patrolman.

She'll be serving Straight Time.
Looks like she'll have to take that little brat of hers and drop her off at her mom's.
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post #20 of 26
3/13/08 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
They had her in a line-up, the witness pointed and yelled "She's The One!"

If her dad's named is Adam, Adam Raised a Cain.

You have to understand, that this was a Long Time Comin'.

She approached him and said "I have something here For You."

She was picked up by a State Trooper and a Highways Patrolman.

She'll be serving Straight Time.
You totally just reminded me of Apu in that episode of the Simpsons with Elton John.

"I guess Someone Saved Your Life Tonight... well, well, The Bitch is Back!"
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post #21 of 26
3/13/08 at 8:55pm
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Oh, I am SO thiefing that image. Nice one, trejo.
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post #22 of 26
3/13/08 at 10:12pm
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Banks is my hero View Post
She didn't like her boyfriend being the Boss.
Boo! That joke was made in the article:

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Cooper told arresting officers she "just got tired" of her boyfriend, Kevin Watson, bossing her around during their two-year relationship.
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post #23 of 26
3/13/08 at 11:00pm
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Originally Posted by Brendan View Post
Boo! That joke was made in the article:
Where do you think I got it from? That is the joke.
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post #24 of 26
3/13/08 at 11:18pm
Chicks, man. Chicks.

Okay, that's the last time I'll do that...
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post #25 of 26
3/14/08 at 9:59am
Instead of trying to overdose, she should've climbed out a window and escaped. She'd have made it to 'cause tramps like her, baby, they were born to run.
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post #26 of 26
3/14/08 at 12:13pm
Couldn't she have just sat down on the toilet for two years and not moved? That seems like a more sensible thing to do!

This must've been a forgotten verse in 'Secret Garden':

She'll stab you in the face,
If you stop playing my CD
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