Cry-Baby of the Week

Cry-Baby #1:Saverio Ballante

The incident: A guy allegedly used an illegal move in a game of chess.

The appropriate response: Consulting the internet.

The actual response: His opponent stabbed him to death before attempting to eat his heart.

Earlier this week, Italian born Saverio Bellante phoned emergency services to report a murder at the house he shared with his landlord, Tom O'Gorman in Dublin, Ireland.

Police arrived at the house and found Tom's mutilated body. Saverio told them that he had murdered Tom and eaten his heart.

When asked why he'd killed Tom, Saverio said that they'd fallen out over a game of chess they'd been playing for over a year. Apparently Tom had tried to use an illegal move.

During the dispute, Tom asked Saverio to leave the house, so Severio stabbed him multiple times in the chest with a kitchen knife. He also beat him with a dumbbell.

A post-mortem examination of the corpse revealed that, though Tom's heart was still present, one of his lungs had been removed. Police said that they were "unable to locate" it.

They added that the post-mortem was unable to determine whether or not Tom was alive at the time his body was mutilated.

Saverio declined assistance from a state-funded attorney, and will be representing himself in court.

Cry-Baby #2: Curtis Reeves

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The incident: Someone was texting in a theater during the movie previews.

The appropriate response: Nothing. It's the previews.

The actual response: The man sitting behind the texter fatally shot him.

On Monday, a married couple, Chad and Nicole Oulson, took some time out of their schedule to go on a date. After, dropping off their three-year-old daughter at a daycare, they ate lunch together and went to see the movie Lone Survivor at the Grove 16 theater in Wesley Chapel, near Tampa, Florida.

During the previews for the movie, Chad texted his daughter's daycare provider.

Curtis Reeves, 71 years old, who was sitting in the row behind the Oulsons, was not impressed by this, and said something to the young couple.

It's not totally clear what happened next. But, after "exchanging words," with Chad, Curtis pulled out a .380 auto handgun and fired at Chad. The bullet passed through the hand of Chad's wife Nicole, who had reached out to try and protect her husband, and hit Chad in the chest.

The shot turned out to be fatal. According to witnesses, as Chad was dying, he said, "I can't believe I got shot."

During his preliminary court hearing, Curtis' attorneys claimed that he shot Chad in self defense. "The alleged victim attacked him, at that point in time he has every right to defend himself," Curtis' attorney, Robert Escobar, told the court. Adding that Chad had thrown an "unkown object" that may have been a bag of popcorn at Curtis.

Luckily, Judge Lynn Tepper didn't buy the defense. "It may or may not have been popcorn," she said in court. "An unknown object does not equal taking out a gun… It doesn't warrant taking out a gun and firing it at someone's chest."

This, apparently, was not the first time Curtis had overreacted to a movie-watching texter. An unnamed woman contacted police  to say that she witnessed Curtis in the same theater last month, yelling at a woman who had been texting during the previews. She claims he also followed the woman to the restroom.

Curtis is being held without bail.

Which of these alleged murderers is the bigger cry-baby? Let us know in this poll right here:

Who is the bigger cry-baby?

Previously: A woman who had a tantrum because her plane seat wouldn't recline Vs. A guy who went on hunger strike against gay marriage

Winner: The hunger striking homophobe!!!

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