"Silly boy ~ they got caught, that's all."
Perhaps. It would certainly explain a weird situation. The only problem is that is in none of the information at hand. Additionally methinks the accused would have said as much right out of the gate and again, according to the minimal amount of information we have, he is not contesting the sequence of events. Of course we all having fun speculating on a very short article.
Details about the guy's anatomy were never mentioned.