What do you do if you have a growth in your chest, two ruptured discs, and no job or money.
Well, if you are fortunate to live in the UK with it’s National Health Service, you toddle off to your local GP (General Practitioner) or report to the A&E dept of your local hospital and your needs will be attended to.
If you live in the USA, however, you may have to do what 59 year old Richard James Verone did. He walked into a North Carolina bank, told the teller he had a gun and demanded she hand over $1, then sat down and waited for the police to arrive and arrest him, so he could get free medical care while in prison
South African police are searching for an elderly woman who is preying on young boys (I know what you’re thinking – but no, it’s not our Julie )
The woman (described as a pensioner who walks with the aid of a walking stick) elicits the help of young men to help unload heavy bags from her car. Whilst they are doing so, a male accomplice approaches, threatens them with a gun and forces them into the car. They are then driven a short distance before being robbed and then dumped from the car.
I never suspected anything wicked about the old woman, said one disillusioned, and poorer young man who has hopefully learnt a valuable lesson from the experience, one which will stand him in good stead in later life – women (of all ages) are dangerous !!!
Police in Michigan are asking the public for any information that could lead to the capture and arrest of ‘The Mad Hatters’
No, not us – a different lot !
These Mad Hatters are a bunch of old women with silly hats on their heads that have been terrorising the neighbourhood – snatching purses and wallets from unsuspecting shoppers then using the stolen credit cards to obtain money and goods by deception.
His criminal activity only started last year, but he quickly gained a high profile for mugging tourists and vehicle crime.
Following his recent capture, he has been sentenced to death without recourse to proper legal representation. Unless, of course the SA authorities’ statement that the decision to execute him “…..was not taken lightly and not without extensive discussions between all role-players involved” included the villain himself as one of the role-players.
Futher details of this sordid miscarriage of justice can be found here…
Things went from bad to worse for a Roman Catholic Priest
Father Ignatius Kury was arrested after being found fast asleep in his car at the side of the road. The officers suspicions that he had been drinking were confirmed when he submitted to a test and was found to be 3 times over the legal blood/alcohol limit.
Being drunk was the least of his sins, however . . .
There’s not many folk like Brussel Sprouts. As a kid, I hated them and used to feed them surreptitiously to the dog under the table – or try to slip them, un-noticed, on to my sister’s plate when she wasn’t looking. [The latter strategy was short-lived, however, and I was forced to abandon it when she became suspicious and started counting the number of sprouts on her plate when she sat down]
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