Computer gamer held over student's killing

[James!]

A German computer gamer is being held in connection with the murder of a British university student after an apparent cyberspace dispute escalated into a killing.
The 21-year-old from a town near Frankfurt is accused of travelling to the UK to murder Matthew Pyke, 20, who was found last Friday.
Police are exploring the possibility that the two men fell out over Wars Central, Pyke's discussion forum.
Pyke's girlfriend, Joanna Witton, discovered his body with several stab wounds at their Nottingham city centre flat. There were no signs of forced entry leading to police to believe the dead man may have known his killer.
The two men are believed to have made contact via Pyke's forum, an internet site he ran with Witton.
The suspect, who has not been named by police, was tracked through internet postings and arrested in Limburg-Weilburg, near Frankfurt, on Wednesday evening on suspicion of murder. Extradition proceedings are under way.
A spokesman for Limburg-Weilburg police said: "A 21-year-old man from the rural area of Limburg was arrested by officers from the West Hessen police headquarters in Hünfelden. It is suspected that on September 19 he killed a man in Nottingham with a knife. After intensive investigations in collaboration with Nottinghamshire police it is believed the two got to know each other over the internet."
Pyke, who was due to rejoin Nottingham Trent University next month after dropping out of a physics course, used the online alias of Shade to discuss tips on strategy, characters and plots for the Nintendo game, Advanced Wars. The game pits armies of cartoon characters against each other.
The dead man was from Stowmarket, Suffolk, but moved to the city two years ago. On his MySpace page, Pyke listed his general interests as Guitar Hero, the Ace Attorney series, Gran Turismo 4, Metal Gear, Evil Genius, Unreal Tournament, Super Smash Bros, the Metroid series, adding "and that's just the video games".
His parents, William and Kim, left a tribute on his Facebook site, reading: "Darling Matthew. We love you so much and miss you. You were a truly good, sensitive person. Your smile will live on in our hearts." The Wars Central forum was closed to new entries last night, but a post left by a gamer using the alias "Eggy" said: "I'm not normally at a loss for words but this is something where I just can't speak."

Gutted.

So before you try and argue/abuse someone over the internet, think about this

[DrLacero]

Sounds like a good idea to me. Cept I won't get caught.

[James!]

He posted a comment on the girlfriends Facebook saying "We are here for you and we are sorry for your loss" and thats what got him caught out.

:rolleyes:

[kk.]

He posted a comment on the girlfriends Facebook saying "We are here for you and we are sorry for your loss" and thats what got him caught out.

:rolleyes:

it was a little more than that. I sawe it on the news. Whats made the police suspicious is that he said something like 'im sorry for everything ive caused' which implies he did it.

[mangle]

That guy who was stabbed was in a pub where my english teacher was.
Well he lived above it!

[Virgin Mary]

omg I saw it, the area was all cordoned off dramatically. My friend went there after it happened and some old person was like "lol someone got stabbed you can't go through there".

[Loser]

This kid had a fight with another kid because he called him a noob on Halo.