Mr Vercruysse said that Mr Spengler "loved his mama to death", adding that he "went crazy" after she died in October.

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He claims he went "crazy" and "lost his head" when Mrs Garnett asked him to move out of her home, the court heard.

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On he went, this crazy maven bragging of his Slashdot score.

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"We went absolutely crazy, " Parker says, recalling the time he first heard Charles.

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"When I first went into real estate, a lot of people asked me if I was crazy, " he recalls.

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