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Woman Admits Killing Beau Over Bruce

Posted Mar 13, 08 8:19 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  World    Most Covered

(Newser) – An Australian woman said she had a "brain snap" when her boyfriend wouldn't let her play a Bruce Springsteen CD, CNN reports. She stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife, swallowed a handful of pills, then called emergency services. "I couldn't even play Bruce Springsteen on my stereo. Can you believe that?" she asked the arresting officers.

During a police interview she said she had gotten sick of being bossed around. "Who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen? I am 49 years old and I want to play my own music," she said. The couple had both been drinking the night of the stabbing. A Brisbane court sentenced the woman to 8 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

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Bruce Springsteen performs during his concert with the E Street Band at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Bruce Springsteen performs at the XL Center, in Hartford, Connecticut during his latest tour.   (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
"I mean, who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen?", the woman asked police. A Brisbane court has sentenced her to eight years in prison for manslaughter.   (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
U.S. singer Bruce Springsteen takes to the stage in a sell out concert at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Dec, 15, 2007.   (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Bruce Springsteen, right and Nils Lofgren, left, perform with the E Street Band at the sold out SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007.   (AP Photo/Daniel Roland)
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