A U.K. man has been jailed for three years for killing his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head, Sky News reported.

Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna by a fluke chance after the remote struck her on a weak artery near her neck.

The 48-year-old died from a massive brain hemorrhage as Harvey tried to give her the kiss of life.

Harvey, an electrical engineer of Euston, central London, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March.

The couple had been arguing when Harvey lost his temper at his wife, a former American diplomat in India. Defense attorney Jonathan Goldberg told the court the couple had intended to go to church but stayed home to watch television instead.

An argument started about maintenance which Harvey was paying to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage. “All he did was throw the remote control in her direction,” said Goldberg.

“By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness.”

The 25-year-old chemistry student, who has not been named by police, was working at his parents’ home in Konotop when relatives heard a “loud pop”.

They rushed to his room and discovered his body. The lower half of his face had been seriously disfigured by the blast.

The Russian news agency Ria Novosti said forensic tests found the chewing gum was covered with an unidentified chemical substance, thought to be some type of explosive.

It was reported that the student used to dip chewing gum into citric acid. Police also found another substance near the body.

The news agency said investigators believe the student may have confused the two substances and began chewing on gum that had been treated with the unidentified substance.