donkey jailed for theft....

[spyros]

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://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/egyptanimaljusticeoffbeat

seriously... are they out of their minds???

[cohiba]

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I'm sure that 24hrs in gaol really taught that donkey the error in his ways

[thesightless]

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can we please stop giving these people foreign aid... we need it more.

[Dzone]

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Yes most of the country is out of thier minds.

I laughed so much on this coz i can image what it would be like...

[i!!ustrious]

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ya. middle-east/muslim legislation is wacktarded.

[AndyH]

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'The ass and its owner were apprehended at a police checkpoint ' - hee hee, bet they loved that in prison

The stupidest thing is that prison is not a deterrrant anymore, its more like a university of crime. Now that donkey will have mixed with other more hardcore criminal donkeys, made contacts/leanred skills and is more than likely going to have moved up the crime ladder...