A British man has been jailed for killing a friend who “poked” his girlfriend on Facebook.
Scott Humphrey has been sent to prison for four years after repeatedly punching Richard Rovetto, reports The Mirror.
A court in England heard that Humphrey, 27, pounded on Rovet, asking: “If you’re such a good friend why did you poke my missus?”
Humphrey then punched father-of-one Rovetto to the floor who banged his head on the pavement. The argument happened as the pair were travelling in a taxi, in Nottingham, central England.
Rovetto, 29, died hours later.
Humphrey admitted a charge of manslaughter and his legal team said he was “genuinely remorseful”.
Rovetto’s brother-in-law, Jason Burley-Evans, said after the verdict that the “sentence wasn’t the justice we wanted for Richard”.
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