Woman in jail over virtual murder
Oct. 24th, 2008 05:44 amWoman in jail over virtual murder
A woman has been arrested in Japan after she allegedly killed her virtual husband in a popular video game. The 43-year-old was reportedly furious at finding herself suddenly divorced in the online game Maplestory. Police say she illegally accessed log-in details of the man playing her husband, and killed off his character. The woman, a piano teacher, is in jail in Sapporo waiting to learn if she faces charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data.
I’m sure that this is not the first… well maybe the first arrest, but certainly not the first virtual murder.