Paul J Kriha contributed these words of wisdom on 29/03/08 14:28:
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*NZ man sentenced after claiming to have been raped by a wombat*
A New Zealand man who claimed to have been left speaking Australian
after being raped by a wombat has been sentenced to 75 hours' community
work for his trouble.
Arthur Ross Cradock, a 48-year-old orchard worker, admitted in the
Nelson District Court yesterday to the charge of using a phone for a
fictitious purpose, after calling police with the message, "I've been
raped by a wombat".
Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Stringer told the court that on the
afternoon of February 11 Cradock called the police communications
centre, threatening to "smash the filth" if they arrived at his home
that night.
When asked if he had an emergency, he replied "yes", Mr Stringer said.
On a second subsequent call to the communications centre, Cradock told
police he was being raped by a wombat at his Motueka address, and sought
their immediate help.
He called police again soon after, and gave his full name, saying he
wanted to withdraw the complaint.
"I'll retract the rape complaint from the wombat, because he's pulled
out," Cradock told the operator at the communications centre, who had no
idea what he was talking about, Mr Stringer said.
"Apart from speaking Australian now, I'm pretty all right you know, I
didn't hurt my bum at all," Cradock then told the operator.
Mr Stringer said alcohol had played a big part in Cradock's life.
However, defence lawyer Michael Vesty said alcohol was not a problem
that day.
Judge Richard Russell said he was not quite sure what motivated Cradock
to make those statements to the police.
In sentencing, he warned Cradock not to do it again.
From: <http://tinyurl.com/34rmsb>
Does this mean that if one were to be raped by a ram, one would start to
speak Kiwi? :-)
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