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edesignuk

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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.
BBC.

You can't make this stuff up :D
 
If sent to prision how embarrassing would that be.

So what are you in for?
- Assult with a weapon
What did you use?
- A hedgehog

Hillarious
 
That is just too good.

I feel kinda bad for the kid, though. He has to deal with the stigma of having a whole big court case dealing with the fact that he had a hedgehog chucked at him. Can't make him look good at school.
 
That's a pretty sorry choice of weapon! Couldn't he find a board with a nail in it or something?
 
Am I the only one imagining this attack and visualizing the hedgehog spinning up into a ball, like Sonic, while it is flying toward that poor kid. :confused:

No, I was thinking that to, Seriously, what did the 'victim' do to provoke this and were did it come from?
 
I want to throw a stingray at this guy and Irwin his ass.
Now that is just plain nasty. :mad:

Wonder if the perp got to sit on the Group W bench, and if so, what they thought of his story?? :p

(Be warned. 6 more posts and I can finally start to read the Politics, Religion, Social Issues thread.
No way I was reading it before I could have my say. No sir.)
 
Clearly his defense should be that the hedgehog leaped from his arms and hurled itself at the victim, thus causing the wounds. If anything the defendant was merely trying to stop the deranged, suicidal animal. :eek:

If only the hedgehog had survived, it would surely corroborate the defendant's story.

Case dismissed!
 
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poor hedgehog :b
 
Clearly his defense should be that the hedgehog leaped from his arms and hurled itself at the victim, thus causing the wounds. If anything the defendant was merely trying to stop the deranged, suicidal animal. :eek:

If only the hedgehog had survived, it would surely corroborate the defendant's story.

Case dismissed!

Haha! That is brilliant.:)
 
Clearly his defense should be that the hedgehog leaped from his arms and hurled itself at the victim, thus causing the wounds. If anything the defendant was merely trying to stop the deranged, suicidal animal. :eek:

If only the hedgehog had survived, it would surely corroborate the defendant's story.

Case dismissed!

Let me guess, you are going into law?
 
Clearly his defense should be that the hedgehog leaped from his arms and hurled itself at the victim, thus causing the wounds. If anything the defendant was merely trying to stop the deranged, suicidal animal. :eek:

If only the hedgehog had survived, it would surely corroborate the defendant's story.

Case dismissed!

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