Web obsession led to savage murder of man

A GERMAN office worker was found guilty yesterday of the savage murder of a British man whose girlfriend he had become obsessed with after they met on a website.

Web obsession led to savage murder of man

David Heiss, aged 21, stabbed Matthew Pyke 86 times after travelling from Germany and forcing his way into the couple’s flat in Nottingham, England.

Before he died following the attack in September last year, the court heard that Pyke, aged 20, had managed to write ā€œDavā€ – the first three letters of Heiss’s name – on the side of his computer using his own blood.

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