Hedgehog weapon mayhem!

Byrnzie
Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
NZ man 'used hedgehog as weapon'

Monday, 7 April 2008 10:35 UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7334233.stm

A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.

Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy.

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," said Senior Sgt Bruce Jenkins, in the North Island town of Whakatane.

It was unclear whether the hedgehog was still alive when it was thrown, though it was dead when collected as evidence.

The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested "for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog."

Mr Singalargh is due to appear in court on 17 April. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
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  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    geez, everyone knows porcupines make SUCH better weapons!
    Why go home

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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    PaperPlates wrote:
    geez, everyone knows porcupines make SUCH better weapons!

    If he gets sent to the slammer you can just picture him explaining his 'crime' to his cell mates. "I'm here for assault with a hedgehog".
  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Byrnzie wrote:
    If he gets sent to the slammer you can just picture him explaining his 'crime' to his cell mates. "I'm here for assault with a hedgehog".




    And we all know what the prison population thinks of "hedge-hogophiles".


    ;)
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    This shouldn't have done, as there's a distinct possibilty that the man killed the hodgeheg when he threw it but damn... "assault with a weapon - namely a hedgehog" made me laugh! :D

    besides, we all know hodgehegs are rapists... ;)

    *ahem* private joke :cool:
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    i wonder what sonic thinks of all this.
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    i wonder what sonic thinks of all this.

    He'd be outraged...
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • PJ_Saluki
    PJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    Not sure which one I like better:

    "You can have my hedgehog when you pry it from my cold, dead hand."

    --or--

    "If you outlaw hedgehogs, only outlaws will have hedgehogs."
    "Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool." -- Charles Barkley
  • Gremmie95
    Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    i wonder what sonic thinks of all this.

    That guy needed a Sonic reducer.
  • butterfly1
    butterfly1 Posts: 372
    Hedgehog Weapon Mayhem--now thats a cool band name--
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I heard about this on the radio this morning. Just when you thought you heard everything...wacky world.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • PJ_Saluki
    PJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    butterfly1 wrote:
    Hedgehog Weapon Mayhem--now thats a cool band name--

    Alert Dave Barry!
    "Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool." -- Charles Barkley

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