February 5, 2006 | Funny Bits

The fat homosexual panic defense?

Insanity, anger, jealousy, self-defense. People come up with all sorts of reasons to commit murder. A gay Iowa man, however, got the prize for "Most Original Murder Defense" last week when he attempted to blame his crime on "old, fat homosexual panic." 

Convicted of murder for killing a man that he met on the Internet for sex, former U.S. airman Jon Matthew McGee, 24, stabbed 52-year-old Terry Graham in the neck in 2004 just hours after meeting him through Gay.com. McGee pleaded insanity and argued that he lost control of his long-standing homicidal urges because he failed to take his antipsychotic medication, according to the Des Moines Register.

So what set crazy McGee off? According to his lawyer, it was sexual disappointment. McGee told police that he found Graham, a former pastor, to be "older and fatter" than he had expected. His lawyer said the discrepancy between Graham's online profile and actual appearance may explain his client's psychotic meltdown.

Jurors did not buy McGee's inventive defense. They convicted him of second-degree murder last week, according to local news station KCCI 8. The charge carries a 50-year prison sentence - and generous amounts of anal rape by "older, fatter" men.

• "AOL inches" could get you killed [GaySexBlog.net]
• Boyfriend: Gay sex upsets alleged killer [Des Moines Register]
• McGee convicted of 2nd degree murder [KCCI.com]