Kevin Adams says he never intended to kill his lover during a late night, drug-fueled, BDSM romp.
The incident happened back in June 2015. 54-year-old Adams and his 36-year-old lover, Dohoon Kim, were enjoying a night of casual bondage at his home in Swindon, Wiltshire.
According to court documents, the men met on a dating app for guys into extreme sex. After swapping photos, they agreed to meet up.
Kim went over to Adams’ house. After taking crystal meth and poppers, Adams wrapped Kim up in PVC and cellophane, then tied his ankles to the bedpost and bound his neck and wrists with rope, before falling asleep.
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When he awoke hours later, Kim was dead.
Adams immediately called for help. It was later determined that Kim had died from overheating from being wrapped in the cellophane and PVC, in combination with restricted airways and an “excessive” level of mephedrone.
Sadly, this kind of story is not nearly as uncommon as you might think. A recent survey conduced by Squirt.org found that 30% of gay men have engaged in chemsex, with an additional 39% saying they would consider it, despite its many dangers.
This week, a Bristol Crown Court determined Adams had failed to “ensure safety and well-being during and after sexual activity” and found him guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.
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“Even though this death can be regarded as a tragic accident,”Judge Neil Ford QC told Adams, “it nonetheless was caused by your gross negligence and I cannot lose sight of the fact a life was lost.”
Adams was then sentenced to two years behind bars.
o.codone
Maybe I better change my username.
Heywood Jablowme
To what, m.amphetamine or s.wrap?
Bob LaBlah
Heywood, that wasn’t nice. But it sure as hell made me stomp my feet and clap my hands and kind of wonder myself what the new name would be. lol lol lol lol.
DonW
Tragic, but the writer’s claim that “this kind of story is not nearly as uncommon as you might think,” is more of a stretch than the saran wrap in this sad tale.
Does he cite statistics about how many people kill their partners with saran wrap? No — he refers to a survey about “chemsex” — which lumps in several drugs, including 19% of respondents who used marijuana.
If you’re suggesting that getting high before f*cking is the equivalent of suffocating a dude in plastic wrap — what are you smoking?
Terrycloth
They were lovers after meeting up on a dating app on the same night. That’s not a lover that’s a trick
Kangol
What a horror story. Word to the wise: if you’re drugged out of your mind, do NOT wrap another person in cellophane. I think contemporary BDSM’s central tenet is “safe, sane, consensual.” This sounds consensual, but safe and sane it wasn’t.
Evji108
Typical guy falls asleep after he cums.