WEIRD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
TUMBLE DRYER THIEF
IN USA
A teenage resident had a fright when he returned home
during the afternoon to discover an intruder in his house,
drying his laundry.
The 19-year-old man - who hasn't been named - came in
through his front door and confronted the hooded man.
The intruder quickly grabbed his clothes from the dryer
and fled the building in Boynton Beach.
He caused $20 worth of damage to the patio door screen
- which he had broken into.
DIRTY PRISONERS
IN CANADA
Inmates in a Canadian jail were forced to wear old, stained
underwear.
An official investigation into the treatment of prisoners
at the Edmonton Remand Centre in Canada has concluded
their human rights had been abused and they had been treated
inhumanely.
As well as dirty pants, the inmates - who were locked
in a two-person cell for 18 to 21 hours a day - were forced
to sleep in lice-infested beds.
MUMMIFIED
ON TV IN BRITAIN
A British TV company is searching for a terminally ill
patient to donate their body to be mummified.
Independent production company Fulcrum TV have placed
adverts in order to find a person willing to give their
deceased body as part of a documentary on the ancient
Egyptian embalming process.
DEADLY DRIVER
IN JAPAN
A Japanese woman drove home with the body of an 80-year-old
lady lodged on her windscreen.
Michiko Sato is believed to have knocked into the elderly
woman before driving the four miles home with her stuck
to the car.
She has been arrested on charges of causing a deadly traffic
accident and fleeing the scene.
Sato - who was not under the influence of alcohol at the
time of the accident - faces up to 17 years in prison
or a fine of up $23,736 if convicted.
BAD SERVICE IN CHINA
