Posted on 01/29/2009 7:02:09 AM PST by nuconvert
Two hardened suspects on New Zealand's North Island tried to make a break from a courthouse Wednesday, still tied together by handcuffs. But before they could run across the street in Hastings, they were hit by pepper-spray — and that’s where their bolt for freedom went horribly wrong.
Stumbling onwards, the hapless criminals appeared to forget they were tied together — and ran on either side of a streetlamp.
They slammed into each other, fell to the ground, and collapsed in a heap.
The first prisoner, Regan Reti, 20, had just been jailed for more than two years after being convicted of assault. The other inmate, Tiranara White, 21, was in custody for allegedly stealing a car and violating parole.
“They fell over and they were sprayed with pepper spray. But they got up and ran out of the court onto the street, across the road to a car park,” Senior Sergeant, Dave Greig, explained.
“That’s where they met the pole — it was all over, rover.”
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“Yakety Sax”
A Max Sennet film?
Abbott and Costello attempting to break free from “The Man”.
pong
:~ D
I can’t quit watching, and I can’t quit laughing.
You can’t make this stuff up!
Saw it on Fox this morning.
Nearly blew my coffee.
I use to work in a prison. One of the guys I worked with ran work details and he told me a story sort of like this, but, it ended with both the guys getting shot in the back with a shotgun.
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