According to The Telegraph, Linda West, a 49-year-old married woman was trying to arouse her husband, Gregory, by dancing provocatively to a Shania Twain song when the shotgun with which she was dancing, accidentally went off, killing her husband.
First of all, for those that might accuse me of being insensitive, let me say this – I can appreciate a good Shania Twain song as much as the next person. Still, something about this story leaves me with uncontrollable giggles.
A man died – that’s unfortunate and tragic. The image of him in only a "blue dressing gown" while his wife allegedly gyrated in front of him, singing Man, I Feel Like a Woman, however, is priceless. Why she was using a loaded shotgun as her stage prop, is still a mystery. Ms. West claims that her husband was enjoying the sex play and asked her to dance with the shotgun.
Regardless, it must have been a hell of an ending.
Courtroom spectators were reportedly awed by the defendant’s reenactment of the event using a broom handle. One rumor claims that the display was skillfully performed with court officials and gallery members rising to their feet with applause at its climax. Personally, that don’t impress me much.