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CCTV footage shows a war games fanatic dressed in a black hood and scarf as he prepares to brutally murder his estranged wife's new boyfriend.
IT worker Wayne Smith, 38, put on the sinister disguise before killing musician Jon Britton, who he blamed for ending his marriage to Sarah Arbon.
Images from security cameras on a train in Merseyside show Smith on his way to Mr Britton's home, where he plunged a carving knife into his chest and neck in a savage doorstep attack.
Smith, who was jailed for life for Mr Britton's murder this week, later discarded the clothes he used in the attack, but they were recovered by police and used as evidence
After his alibi that he was playing table-top war games at the time of the attack fell apart, Smith was jailed for life for the murder this week, when a judge described his crime as 'cold-blooded and premeditated'.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Smith was married to Ms Arbon for more than two years but she left him in 2012 to resume a relationship with former boyfriend Mr Britton.
War games fan Smith, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, later told friends he would 'bloody kill' Mr Britton, who he blamed for their break-up.
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The court heard jealous Smith also hacked into Ms Arbon's social media accounts, spied on her using a webcam and put a dictaphone in her handbag.
Prosecutors said he was also becoming increasingly paranoid about Britton being friends with his daughter.
The jury heard Smith arranged to play a game of Necromunda, a table-top war game, at friend Steven Hatton's home on the night of the killing in December last year.
CCTV footage later showed he changed out of his clothes in a black hood at Hatton's home in Tranmere, Merseyside before leaving to catch a train to Mr Britton's house in nearby West Kirby.
Smith then stabbed Britton, a landscape gardener and musician, in the chest and neck with a carving knife before discarding his hood and snood, later recovered by police.
He returned to Hatton's house to confess to the killing before changing and asking his friend to hide several items of clothing.
Steven Hatton has also been jailed for providing Smith with a false alibi
Officers arrested Smith the next day but, backed up by Hatton, 23, he claimed he was playing games with his friend at the time.
However, when Hatton was quizzed by police, he changed his story and eventually revealed the truth about his friend's vengeful attack on Mr Britton.
Smith denied murder but was found guilty by a majority of 10 to two and was yesterday jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years.
Judge Mrs Justice Carr said: 'The motive for this dreadful crime was your obsessive hatred for Mr Britton, whom you saw as having stolen your wife, Sarah Arbon, from you.
'You could not bear the fact that your young daughter was building a relationship with Mr Britton.
'You used your considerable computer, technical and strategy skills to spy on these women to the extent of putting a recording dictaphone in Ms Arbon's bag.'
'In denying your involvement in this attack you told the jury a sophisticated arrogant pack of lies. The evidence against you was overwhelming, in terms of motive, identification and your false alibi.'
After the trial, Mr Britton's parents, George and Pat, said in a statement: 'The murder of our son has left an extensive trail of victims whose lives have been changed irreversibly.
'The law has now taken its course but we have not won. We have lost out dear Jon and nothing will bring him back.
'Sitting through the trial has been hard, often distressing, especially hearing graphic descriptions and seeing and hearing recordings of actual events.
'Time has not diminished the pain of our loss and for us and many other people life will never be the same without Jon. He was a very special person and we will miss him deeply.'
Hatton was handed six months behind bars after pleading guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice and assisting an offender.
THE DARK WORLD OF NECROMUNDA - THE GAME LINKED TO THE MURDER
Necromunda is a table-top war game that was launched in 1995 and followed on from the Warhammer series.
Necromunda
It is made for two to four players, who use 28mm figures to take over different parts of an imaginary post-apolocalyptic terrain.
The game is set in a fantasy land in which creatures have built huge termite mound-type cities to escape the polluted air and reach the upper atmosphere.
The game involves trying to take control of these 'cities' and control the industry of various tribes of creatures.
The games characters are divided into six main groups, Orlocks, Cawdors, Delaques, Eschers, Goliaths and Van Saars, although players can purchase other creatures as part of the set.
The game has become popular with players because of its 3D playing table and intricate building structures.
It's like the D&D moral panic of the 80's all over again. I thought it was GTA and COD that was creating all the killers these days.
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2014/05/29 12:09:23
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Everytime I see something like this, I replace the references to tabletop/video games with references to football, and then imagine the storm of rage such an article would unleash in people who like football, despite there being a documented issue with supporter groups and the like.
For thirteen years I had a dog with fur the darkest black. For thirteen years he was my friend, oh how I want him back.
2014/05/29 12:11:31
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Learn all about THE DARK WORLD OF NECROMUNDA - THE GAME NOT REALLY LINKED TO THE MURDER AT ALL, BECAUSE IT ONLY SERVED AS THE ALIBI.
I see why they didn't go with that line, though.
I don't think there's much more to this article than the writer having to fill another paragraph despite nothing else to say. The description of Necromunda reads like something copied from a Wiki page and is harmless enough.
Oaka wrote: It's getting to the point where if I see Marneus Calgar and the Swarmlord in the same unit as a Riptide, I probably won't question its legality.
Its the Daily Mail, this level of quality journalism is only to be expected.
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The prefect example of someone missing the point.
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Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
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It's okay, it's a Daily Mail article; nothing to be taken seriously here.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2014/05/29 12:26:57
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Oaka wrote: It's getting to the point where if I see Marneus Calgar and the Swarmlord in the same unit as a Riptide, I probably won't question its legality.
2014/05/29 12:42:05
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So does this mean that the Daily Mail has given up with video games? Because I'm pretty sure that guy probably played video games too yet they've not mentioned it!
On the plus side if the Mail starts talking about Wargames and GW in general chances are it will probably do GW a load of good with free marketing
Daily Mail takes a swipe and GW, excellent news. Free publicity, now get them to start a scare over one of the products still on sale.
You could start far bigger moral scares over 40K than you ever could over D&D, the grimdark content can press a lot of alarmists buttons, and its marketed at a younger audience.
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If the accused turned up for his Necromunda game at the time of the murder he would have got his murderous urges harmlessly dissipated by rolling to hit.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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2014/05/29 12:56:29
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Oaka wrote: It's getting to the point where if I see Marneus Calgar and the Swarmlord in the same unit as a Riptide, I probably won't question its legality.
2014/05/29 13:21:48
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The fiery zealots of House Cawdor are implacable righteous fighters, totally unforgiving, and prefer weapons which allow them to get close enough to their enemy to enjoy taking them down. Their heavy hoods and cowls give them the very grim look of faceless warriors with no understanding of mercy or forgiveness, and they expect none in return.
2014/05/29 13:43:46
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Orlanth wrote: Daily Mail takes a swipe and GW, excellent news. Free publicity, now get them to start a scare over one of the products still on sale.
You could start far bigger moral scares over 40K than you ever could over D&D, the grimdark content can press a lot of alarmists buttons, and its marketed at a younger audience.
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If the accused turned up for his Necromunda game at the time of the murder he would have got his murderous urges harmlessly dissipated by rolling to hit.
Well, it would certainly make for an interesting read: NECROMUNDA: THE GAME THAT SATES PSYCHOPATHIC URGES!
See, you're trying to use people logic. DM uses Mandelogic, which we've established has 2+2=quack. - Aerethan
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If the accused turned up for his Necromunda game at the time of the murder he would have got his murderous urges harmlessly dissipated by rolling to hit.
Well, it would certainly make for an interesting read: NECROMUNDA: THE GAME THAT SATES PSYCHOPATHIC URGES!
Hmm we could get NHS or Social Services funding to hold twelve week courses in Necromunda with the goal of being awarded a certficate of Immune to Psychology.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2014/05/29 13:59:52
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If the accused turned up for his Necromunda game at the time of the murder he would have got his murderous urges harmlessly dissipated by rolling to hit.
Well, it would certainly make for an interesting read: NECROMUNDA: THE GAME THAT SATES PSYCHOPATHIC URGES!
Hmm we could get NHS or Social Services funding to hold twelve week courses in Necromunda with the goal of being awarded a certficate of Immune to Psychology.
Or GW being subsidised by the government to produce a revamped necromunda. Hey, it'd probably be more useful than some of the stuff our taxes are spent on.
See, you're trying to use people logic. DM uses Mandelogic, which we've established has 2+2=quack. - Aerethan
Putin.....would make a Vulcan Intelligence officer cry. - Jihadin
AFAIK, there is only one world, and it is the real world. - Iron_Captain
DakkaRank Comment: I sound like a Power Ranger.
TFOL and proud. Also a Forge World Fan.
I should really paint some of my models instead of browsing forums.
I don't know why you are being so critical of the Daily Mail on this. Necromunda has a proven history of leading to homicides. In fact, the last time I played Necromunda, I committed second degree murder. Of course, my victim was playing Spyrers, so he totally had it coming (if there had been more wargamers on the jury, my plea of Justifiable Homicide would've worked).
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2014/05/29 15:04:44
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I did once cause a slaughter thanks to a board game.
Only played the "s" but got a triple word score.
Best game of Scrabble I've ever had.
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2014/05/29 16:14:12
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Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
poor reporting, although they don't blame the game on why he did it.
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reds8n wrote: I did once cause a slaughter thanks to a board game.
Only played the "s" but got a triple word score. Best game of Scrabble I've ever had.
I remember my first board game-enabled murder.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
I was going to rant about this, then i read it was the Daily Mail.
For our friends across the pond, the Daily Mail has all the journalistic integrity and reliability of a drunk Jeremy Clarkson. That is to say, none.
Pretre: OOOOHHHHH snap. That's like driving away from hitting a pedestrian.
Pacific:First person to Photoshop a GW store into the streets of Kabul wins the thread.
Selym: "Be true to thyself, play Chaos" - Jesus, Daemon Prince of Cegorach.
H.B.M.C: You can't lobotomise someone twice.
Wow. Congrats daily mail.... Because you know its not like this person as psychotic tendencies and can't take responsibility for themselves and their problems.
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
easysauce wrote: *disclaimer* will not actually kill to play necromunda again
You won't kill in order to be able to restart playing Necromunda? Or did you already do that once and are stating you won't try it again?
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
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2014/05/29 19:51:28
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Hey, it'd probably be more useful than some of the stuff our taxes are spent on. 
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