After almost two years in prison, New Yorker Tremayne Durham could stand it no longer. His craving for a decent bit of nosh was so intense that he agreed to pay a high price – a life sentence.
Durham (33) struck a plea bargain last month in which he was guaranteed a meal of KFC chicken, Popeye’s chicken, mashed potato, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream — in return for pleading guilty to murder.
As part of the deal, and after being handed a life sentence this week in court in Portland, Oregon, Durham will also get a second feast, with an Italian theme of calzone, lasagne, pizza and ice cream.
The judge, Eric Bergstrom, is understood to have accepted the bargain because it would save the state of Oregon thousands of dollars in staging a trial and possible subsequent appeals.
The murder happened in June 2006 as a revenge killing.
Durham travelled from New York city across the country to confront an Oregon company from whom he had ordered a truck costing $18 000. He had been intending to enter the ice cream business, but when he changed his mind the company refused to give him a refund on the truck.
In a rage he intended to collar the owner of the truck company but instead came across a former company employee, 29-year-old Adam Calbreath, and shot him dead.
Durham will now serve 30 years behind bars before any chance of parole and the chance for another KFC feast. – guardian.co.uk