OLI SYKES IS HAVING A BAD WEEK

Earlier this week, Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes was attacked by a pack of rabid Mormons. But compared to this story — which is so awful as to be almost unbelievable — that’s really just a blip on the radar of fucked-up-ness.

Because apparently a twenty year-old British McDonald’s employee named David Russell has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and attempted murder of American nineteen year-old Maricar Benedicto… after claiming to be the BMTH vocalist.

The Daily Mail reports that that Benedicto — who met Russell over Facebook — knew that he “was not who he initially claimed to be before she flew to Britain,” which makes sense, because they do not look even mildly similar:

But for whatever reason, Benedicto chose to trust this nutjob — who is apparently “borderline autistic” — anyway. And that’s when things got really, really terrible.

According to the Mail, Russell took Benedicto out into the middle of the woods (always a good sign) and convinced her to wear a blindfold, using the promise of “a gift.”

And then he slit her throat, stabbed her multiple times, head-butted her, and, oh yeah, hit her in the face with a log for good measure.

And yet, somehow, Benedicto not only survived, but was able to communicate to her attacker that she’d given his name and address to immigration when she arrived in the country. He finally fled, and attempted to overdose. She, meanwhile, managed to make her way to a house nearby in order to get help.

Russell will be eligible for release in about seventeen years. Meanwhile, writing on his blog, Sykes himself offered the following insight:

“Guy nearly kills someone posing as me, not cool”

Pithy.

-AR

[via Metal Insider]