| | A year of stupidity, from inane to insane
Toronto's worst and weirdest news stories of 2008 – and the colourful characters behind them
SIU rules it was self-defence: Police shoot and kill 15 cattle that wander too close to Highway 401.Rectum? Almost killed him: Cops find a moaning, middle-aged man with his pants around his ankles, impaled on a metal stake, halfway up a tree in a schoolyard, bleeding from the anus. Withdrawal complex: A man who works in the financial district turns himself in as the alleged Exchange Bandit – believed responsible for 26 bank heists since 2003. IQ-negative: A judge insists an HIV-positive witness don a mask while testifying in his courtroom, then moves the case to a larger courtroom to create more distance between the witness and the bench.Yolks on you: Toronto Sikhs are bilked of $3 million by a "Swami" scam artist who allegedly pulled winning lottery numbers out of cracked eggs. Axes of evil: A Brampton court hears a youth belonging to a homegrown terror cell was so good at chopping wood that he was considered an ideal candidate to behead the Prime Minister. Dog-gone shame: Rambo, a 10-month-old pit bull caught by animal control officers after escaping from his owner's yard, is condemned to death by euthanasia under province-wide ban on pups of that breed born after 2005. Terrier-ism: A 21-year-old breeder of Yorkshire terriers is punched in the face by two people who answer his classified ad. for more see: http://www.thestar.com/article/560001
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