...and now the news from New Zealand
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:21 am
Why am I moving to this country?
Teen assaulted with hedgehog
A NEW Zealand man has been charged with assault after he threw a hedgehog at a teenage boy.
"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks,'' police sergeant Bruce Jenkins told the Herald on Sunday.
Shortly after throwing the animal, William Singalargh, 27, of Whakatane was arrested for assaulting the 15-year-old with a weapon.
It is not known whether the hedgehog. was dead or alive at the time, but it was dead after the incident when it was collected as evidence, the paper said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 62,00.html
(BTW: what makes this story even funnier - is that when you say the name of the town " Whakatane" - the "Wha" is actually pronounced "Fu")
Teen assaulted with hedgehog
A NEW Zealand man has been charged with assault after he threw a hedgehog at a teenage boy.
"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks,'' police sergeant Bruce Jenkins told the Herald on Sunday.
Shortly after throwing the animal, William Singalargh, 27, of Whakatane was arrested for assaulting the 15-year-old with a weapon.
It is not known whether the hedgehog. was dead or alive at the time, but it was dead after the incident when it was collected as evidence, the paper said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 62,00.html
(BTW: what makes this story even funnier - is that when you say the name of the town " Whakatane" - the "Wha" is actually pronounced "Fu")
yep - that's the main reason we're going