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| Keith Wiens |
(Scroll down for video) A former Canadian police officer was arrested and charged with murder related charges after killing his wife at their shared home, according to police reports in Canada.
Canada Police said that Keith Wiens, a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, faces charges of second-degree murder in the August 2011 shooting death of his wife, Lynn Kalmring. In court on Thursday, Wiens claimed he shot Kalmring in self-defense after a Nintendo Wii game escalated into a violent internal conflict.
Wiens told the court that he and Kalmring often made sex bets on Nintendo games. On the night of the shooting, Wiens said he lost the bet, and when he went to the bedroom, he found sex toys on the pillow. Tired, Wiens brushed the toys aside and went to sleep, but Kalmring bothered him and accused him of not finding her attractive, the court was told.
Wiens also said he woke up when his wife hit him, so he told her to take her bags and leave. He said he pulled a gun from his nightstand when Kalmring left the room because he was afraid of her.
"She was crazy and she assaulted me when I was sound asleep. I was worried about what comes next," the husband told the court.
According to the testimony of the victim's sister, Kalmring had called minutes before the shooting and said she had thrown her engagement ring and plenty of cash at Wiens in a fit of anger.
Wiens said Kalmring came back into the room brandishing a knife, and he shot her from less than two feet away, hitting her under her left eye.
Police said that they found a kitchen knife in the left hand of Kalmring when they entered the horrific crime scene after Wiens called police and reported that he had shot his wife. Police said Wiens had no signs of injuries, and there was little evidence of a physical struggle.
A coroner told the court that the location of the knife was suspect, and stated that he believed that the husband had put the knife in her hand.
"I thought it had been staged and the knife had been placed in her hand after her death," the coroner said.