You Have to Burn the Rope is a platform game in which the player must guide a character through a comically short level through the very simple winning conditions of the game are humorously summarized as text on the walls. You Have to Burn the Rope is a brief parody of excessive hand-holding in AAA video games, in which destroying the titular rope is the only way to win and the player is told that fact in advance. and received a considerable amount of "Internet buzz" for its humorous gameplay at the time of its release. The game was a finalist for the Innovation Award at the 2009 Independent Games Festival. You Have to Burn the Rope is a platform game for Adobe Flash developed by Swedish designer Kian Bashiri under the moniker "Mazapán". Michael Bowman SC, for the defence, said that the evidence from two "eminent psychiatrists" was that Mr Burke was suffering from a mental disorder and should be found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder by reason of diminished responsibility.2008 video game You Have to Burn the Rope "In considering the evidence you are called upon to apply the law in accordance with your oath." "So putting sympathy for her family aside will be difficult but it is nevertheless required of you," counsel said. Her death was "senseless and horrific" and had left her family devastated. The deceased, she said, was a devoted mother to two children and was deeply loved by her friends and family. Ms Lawlor said it is impossible to imagine that the jury would not have "enormous sympathy" for Ms McMonagle's family. There is nothing before you to suggest that the psychiatrists are incorrect in their conclusion regarding the mental state of Burke." She added: "The evidence is all in one direction. That is the medical evidence, it is not disputed."Īnne-Marie Lawlor SC, for the prosecution, in her final address to the jury urged them to return a verdict in accordance with the evidence and in accordance with the oath they had taken. Neither the prosecution, nor the defence was arguing for either of those verdicts and, the judge said: "The medical evidence all goes one way, in favour or a verdict of not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Guilty and not guilty verdicts, he said, are not supported by the evidence and the jury must decide the proper verdict based on the evidence. Mr Justice Burns said there are "theoretically three verdicts" available: guilty, not guilty, or not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. The evidence of two psychiatrists who gave evidence in the trial was that Burke was suffering from a mental disorder at the time and that his responsibility for her killing was therefore substantially diminished. The accused, he said, accepts that he killed Ms McMonagle and the issue for the jury to decide was whether that killing amounted to manslaughter or murder. Richard Burke (Image: North West Newspix)īefore sending the jury out to consider their verdict, Mr Justice Burns told them that the parties all agree on the evidence. I was only trying to make her see sense.” “Because I hate guards I just went ballistic, started punching the f**k out of her then strangling her with a rope. “I have a real bad temper, I just blanked I went ballistic absolutely fucking ballistic,” Burke said. He said that he and Ms McMonagle had been fighting and he “went ballistic” after he discovered she had made a 999 call to gardaí for help. Read More: Dublin teen blinded in horror attack says 'sometimes I wish I never woke up'īurke, 32, of Killygordon, County Donegal, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ms McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon on Janubut guilty to manslaughter.ĭuring the course of three interviews conducted with gardaí following Ms McMonagle’s killing, Burke said he hated violence towards women. The jury had been told by trial judge Mr Justice Paul Burns that all the evidence in Richard Burke's trial pointed to a manslaughter verdict and the jury took just over one hour to agree.įollowing the verdict Mr Justice Burns was thanked by a member of Ms McMonagle's family when he extended his "sincere sympathies" to the family who have been present throughout the trial. A jury has returned a verdict of not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility in the trial of a man who beat his "on and off" partner Jasmine McMonagle to death during a "senseless and horrific" attack.
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