World

Gamer flies from Germany to kill fellow gamer in UK

by francisrivera | September 28, 2008 at 07:25 pm

339 views | 41 Recommendations | 19 comments

The death of a computer gaming fan who was stabbed in his home is believed to be the doing of a fellow gamer from Germany he fell out with in an online forum.

A man arrested by police in Germany on suspicion of the murder of an internet gaming enthusiast in Nottingham is facing extradition proceedings.

Matthew Pyke, 20, was found stabbed in his flat above the Orange Tree pub on North Sherwood Street on Friday.

A 21-year-old man from Limburg was arrested on Wednesday in Hunfelden by officers from West-Hessen Police.

Nottinghamshire Police said the man, who has not been named, was now in Frankfurt for the extradition hearing.

A force spokeswoman added: "We are questioning him with German police."

Officers in England and Germany said the arrested man knew the victim through an online games forum.

'Extensively interviewed'

Mr Pyke, originally from Stowmarket in Suffolk, ran a web forum for the Nintendo game Advance Wars on which gamers could chat online with each other about tactics, characters and plots.

He had lived in the city for two years and was about to start a degree at Nottingham Trent University.

In a statement released through Nottinghamshire Police on Thursday, a spokesman for the German force said: "Limburg-Weilburg police have arrested a 21-year-old man from the rural district of Limburg on suspicion of murder.

"He was arrested by officers from the West-Hessen police headquarters in Hunfelden on suspicion that on 19 September he killed a man in Nottingham with a knife.

"They got to know each other through the internet.

"The man has been extensively interviewed by Limburg CID at the petition of the public prosecutor."

Officers said the joint investigation between Nottinghamshire Police and the German force was still continuing.

0 See all footage | View Slideshow

Share: email story | add to any | | facebook | stumbleupon

recommend This comment thread is now closed

Jon Azpiri

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 19:38 on September 28th, 2008

francisrivera, I like this story. Scary stuff.

francisrivera

at 19:48 on September 28th, 2008

Thanks for the GS!

Sanjay Jha

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 19:42 on September 28th, 2008

francisrivera, I like this story. It's good stuff. This is shocking. So we are witnessing pitfalls of the online rivalry in real life now.

francisrivera

at 19:53 on September 28th, 2008

Yes it's quite shocking.

Rhonda J Mangus

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 19:45 on September 28th, 2008

francisrivera, I like this story. It's good stuff.

francisrivera

at 19:54 on September 28th, 2008

Thanks Rhonda!

Rhonda J Mangus

at 19:57 on September 28th, 2008

You are very welcome, francisrivera.

panzerlawyer

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 20:45 on September 28th, 2008

francisrivera, I like this story. It's good stuff.

francisrivera

at 21:04 on September 28th, 2008

Thanks mate !

Amitjha

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 20:53 on September 28th, 2008

francisrivera, I like this story. It's good stuff.

francisrivera

at 21:05 on September 28th, 2008

Thanks!

SOLARLIFE

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 22:45 on September 28th, 2008

francisrivera, I like this story. It's good stuff. War games invented and promoted by the US army to get young people excited about killing world population, first success, direct killing of enemy. Should have killed the Inventor of the war games. US junk education, so nicely presented for downgradig world youth to war. Well the junk dies now on the Wall street game. Good post: games make addicted, reality killers, dump it.