Would you burn down your house just to spite your ex?
A millionaire allegedly burned down his home just so his wife couldn't get it after their breakup...
No matter which way you look at it, breakups are tough. You rarely find couples who come to a peaceful parting and completely forgive one another.
It's possible, but in the beginning, when the pain is still fresh and everything is fuelled by rage and anger, it can be challenging to see the bigger picture.
A British millionaire seemed to be in the thick of that anger and spite when he allegedly burned down his house because he didn't want his wife to get the house after their breakup.
"On June 25 last year, knowing that there was no one home, the father-of-three entered the house he owned with his soon-to-be-ex-wife Sarah, locked himself inside, and snapped the keys inside the locks before texting his partner to let her know that he was about to set the place on fire. He proceeded to do just that, and it was only thanks to the neighbours calling emergency services that the house suffered only minor damage." (Oddity Central)
That's spiteful, if you ask us, but we don't know what he was going through then.
The man, a professional golfer named Francis McGuirk, who also happens to be a millionaire, attempted to burn the seafront home down so his wife wouldn't get everything.
The wife was living at the $1.4-million (R25-million) home when the incident occurred, but no one was home.
"Although the judge was convinced that McGuirk set the family house on fire out of spite, thus causing his entire family a lot of distress, he also considered the defense’s claim that the 50-year-old man had intended to take his own life on the night of the incident. Thus, he spared the millionaire, awarding him a suspended two-year sentence, but also warned him that any offence during this period would almost certainly land him in prison." (Oddity Central)
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