<p>Forty-six-year-old Paul Harvey killed Gloria Laguna, 48, by a “fluke” chance after the remote hit her on a weak artery near her neck. <br /><br />Despite Harvey’s efforts to revive her, she died from a massive brain hemorrhage, London’s Old Bailey court heard.<br /><br />Harvey, an electrical engineer from London, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the former US diplomat in March. <br /><br />‘Deeply shamed’<br />Defence lawyer Jonathan Goldberg said Harvey was “deeply ashamed and remorseful” at the death of his wife, who had had a very rare condition which neither she nor her husband had known about.<br /><br />“All he did was throw the remote control in her direction. By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness,” Jonathan Goldberg said.<br /><br />The couple had been arguing about maintenance payments Harvey was making to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage, the court heard.<br /><br />Judge Giles Forrester said Paul Harvey had to take responsibility for his actions.<br /> “To throw a hard object such as a remote control device so as to strike your wife in this way was irresponsible and dangerous,” the judge added.</p>
<p>Forty-six-year-old Paul Harvey killed Gloria Laguna, 48, by a “fluke” chance after the remote hit her on a weak artery near her neck. <br /><br />Despite Harvey’s efforts to revive her, she died from a massive brain hemorrhage, London’s Old Bailey court heard.<br /><br />Harvey, an electrical engineer from London, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the former US diplomat in March. <br /><br />‘Deeply shamed’<br />Defence lawyer Jonathan Goldberg said Harvey was “deeply ashamed and remorseful” at the death of his wife, who had had a very rare condition which neither she nor her husband had known about.<br /><br />“All he did was throw the remote control in her direction. By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness,” Jonathan Goldberg said.<br /><br />The couple had been arguing about maintenance payments Harvey was making to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage, the court heard.<br /><br />Judge Giles Forrester said Paul Harvey had to take responsibility for his actions.<br /> “To throw a hard object such as a remote control device so as to strike your wife in this way was irresponsible and dangerous,” the judge added.</p>