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The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Philadelphia man pleads guilty to stabbing neighbor to death over snoring

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Robert Wallace’s family said Christopher Casey’s snoring had negatively affected his life. Photograph: Kyle Mazza/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

A man from suburban Philadelphia stabbed his neighbor to death after the killer’s loud snoring led the pair to argue violently, according to authorities.

Christopher Casey, 56, was recently handed a relatively short prison sentence after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 14 January death of 62-year-old Robert Wallace. Casey also pleaded guilty to possessing an instrument of crime to close the book on a case with a motive that has not been too commonly seen in the US justice system.

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