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jambutty · 18-09-2008, 20:47

You couldn’t make it up.

AFP – Thursday, September 18 05:06 pm
CAIRO (AFP) - An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported on Thursday.

The ass and its owner were apprehended at a police checkpoint that had been set up after the institute's director complained that someone was stealing his crops, the state-owned Al-Ahram daily said.

The unnamed ungulate was found in possession of the institute's corn and a local judge sentenced him to 24 hours in prison. The man who had his ass thrown in jail got off with a fine of 50 Egyptian pounds (nine dollars, six euros).

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080918/tod-egypt-animal-justice-offbeat-07ff78c.html

18-09-2008, 20:47	#1
jambutty Apprentice Geriatric Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Darwen, Lancashire Posts: 3,706 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 89	Donkey Jailed For Theft. You couldn’t make it up. AFP – Thursday, September 18 05:06 pm CAIRO (AFP) - An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported on Thursday. The ass and its owner were apprehended at a police checkpoint that had been set up after the institute's director complained that someone was stealing his crops, the state-owned Al-Ahram daily said. The unnamed ungulate was found in possession of the institute's corn and a local judge sentenced him to 24 hours in prison. The man who had his ass thrown in jail got off with a fine of 50 Egyptian pounds (nine dollars, six euros). http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080918/tod-egypt-animal-justice-offbeat-07ff78c.html __________________ Thanks for reading. If you have a few minutes to spare please visit my web site at http://popye.bravehost.com