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Man jailed for threatening checkout girl with vibrator

A Swedish man has been jailed for threatening a supermarket checkout girl with a vibrator.

He was suspected of shoplifting and challenged to empty his pockets by the shop assistant.

He then pulled out a vibrator and held it in a threatening manner. He was given a two-month jail sentence in Falun, Sweden.

"She asked what I had in my pocket," the unnamed defendant told the court.

"So I pulled the vibrator out and held it up in front of her. I then asked her if she wanted it in her. It was more like an offer or a joke."

But the unnamed cashier told the judge she thought he was going to stab her with the sex aid, reports Dala-Demokraten newspaper.

In his defence, the 44-year-old man said he was the victim because she accused him of stealing.

The presiding judge decided that since the cashier felt threatened and thought the object was a knife, that the man was guilty and a prison sentence was appropriate punishment.

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Cannabis crop destroyed to stop raiders

Fields of cannabis grown for medical research have been cut down to stop people stealing it.

The marijuana plants, being grown next to a motorway at a secret location, had attracted people who took cuttings.

Police insist the plants had only a low level of the drug.

The Mirror claims one man told it: "It's brilliant stuff. Our mates dried it out properly and we've had a right laugh.

"We still can't believe it. It's like a dream come true. It's a shame they've chopped them down but at least we managed to fill the van up first."

The plants in four fields beside the M25 in Essex were part of Government-backed research into the effects of cannabis on illnesses including multiple sclerosis and cancer.

The Home Office says strict guidelines should put such crops out of the reach of the public. But as word spread flimsy fencing around the site was knocked down.

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World's biggest sandalwood tree stolen

More than 100 armed robbers have axed and stolen a sandalwood tree believed to be the world's biggest.

The 150-year-old tree was a major tourist attraction in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

A gang of 100 masked men attacked government guards on duty near the tree after midnight at a farmhouse near Hosur.

At least one guard was wounded when he was shot at and also attacked with rods and knives.

While 50 men kept guard, 50 others armed with saws quickly cut down the tree, loaded it on to the truck and escaped.

Local police have blamed the "sandalwood mafia" for the theft, reports the Indo Asian News Service.

The Indian sandalwood tree has become endangered in recent years, and in an attempt to curb its possible extinction the government is trying to limit its exportation. Police in southern India are battling against smugglers.

Sandalwood is a stocky species and does not grow very tall. The targeted tree was 18 metres tall and had a girth of 2.7 metres.

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Teenagers fined for measuring their erections in class

Two teenagers have been fined for measuring the size of their penises in class at a Norwegian high school.

The duo were reportedly comparing the size of their erections.

A girl pupil was in the Sunnmøre classroom at the time and reported the boys to the headteacher. She said she found the incident degrading.

The boys have not appeared in court, but agreed to pay fines of 6,000 Norwegian Kroner (about £460) each, reports Norwegian daily newspaper Verdens Gang.

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'I killed him because he left the toilet seat up'

Egyptian police claim a farmer has confessed to killing his younger brother because he always left the toilet seat up.

Officers say the 39-year-old bludgeoned him with a piece of wood and stabbed it in his chest.

He was said to have finally snapped when his brother turned an irrigation pump off at their farm in the village of Hafs.

The killer is believed to have dragged the corpse next to a nearby building and tried to bury it under rocks.

He then went to the police station and reported that the wall had collapsed on him but later admitted the crime.

He is now awaiting trial for murder, reports the newspaper Algomhuria.

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Burglar caught by mobile phone ring

A burglary suspect in the US was caught hiding in woods after his mobile phone started ringing.

Milton Sims ran off after a minor traffic bump in Harrison County, Mississippi and a check on his car revealed he was also wanted for burglary.

Sims escaped the police manhunt until his mobile went off. Deputies then followed the sound and the suspect gave up without a fight.

Sims is now in Hancock County jail waiting to be charged reports The Sun Herald.

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'Thief' rescued from drowning in toilet

A suspected thief has been rescued after he fell into a cesspit while trying to escape.

Romanian Nicolae Leanca spotted the man allegedly trying to steal a cow and some corn from his courtyard in the village of Plesoi.

The suspect, his godson Robert Cascota, hid in an open-air toilet booth, but lost his footing and fell into a deep pool of human waste below.

Mr Leanca pulled him free as he began to drown.

He called the police and detained him with the help of his wife until officers arrived.

Mr Leanca told the police: "We kept him at the distance with a stick because he was smelling very bad."

Police say his godson has denied trying to steal anything. If found guilty at trial he faces a sentence of six months to five years, reports Romanian newspaper Gazeta de Sud.

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Man injects testicles with salty water

A Romanian man is recovering in hospital after injecting his testicles with salty water.

Mihai Stefanescu thought they were too big.

The 32-year-old injected 10 millilitres of water into his scrotal sack.

Mr Stefanescu, from Dolj, said he once saw his father successfully using the salt water injection method on one of his goats.

The engineer was taken to hospital by ambulance and his condition is stable.

Doctors do not know if the experiment will affect his ability to have children, reports Libertatea Daily.

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From http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsne...31039000229933

Boy, Refused Mobile, Jumps From 4th Floor

Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian teenager jumped from a fourth floor window after his mother refused to buy him a mobile phone, a local news agency reported on Thursday.

The 13-year-old boy was rushed to hospital in the capital Kiev with serious head injuries. His condition remains critical, Ukraine's forUm Internet news agency quoted police as saying.

Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, ranks among Europe's poorest countries but its mobile phone market is expanding rapidly with heavy demand from status-conscious teenagers.

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Landlord 'asked female tenant to strip to pay arrears'

A female tenant in Maine is suing her former landlord because she claims he asked her to strip naked to pay off her rent arrears.

Sherryl E Cole has filed a suit claiming her former Norridgewock landlord, Alfred Cochran, made improper sexual advances to her. She moved out as a result, she says.

Cochran denies the sexual harassment allegation and has filed a counter claim for back rent and damage to his property.

According to the legal action, Cochran told her she could "work off some of the rent then owed if she would 'strip for him'".

Paul Sumberg, Cole's lawyer, said the issue of whether Cole owes Cochran money is beside the point. Mr Sumberg said his client is a single mother in her 30s who was renting a trailer from Cochran at the time of the alleged incidents.

Cochran says Cole owes him over £1,600 in back rent, around £100 for snow-plowing, and £2,700 for damage to the property.

Cochran's lawyer, Philip Mohlar, could not be reached for comment, Maine Today.com reports.

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Man hacks off testicle over low wage

A Peruvian man who last year chopped off his ***** in protest at not having a job has sliced off one of his testicles because of his low pay.

Labourer Eduardo Velez Alejos, 36, whose ***** has been successfully re-attached, made his unusual protest outside the country's parliament.

He asked guards outside the Lima building to let him speak to President Carlos Ferrero Costa. When they refused, he pulled out a knife and cut off his left testicle.

According to the El Comercio newspaper, he was taken to the Dos de Mayo hospital. Doctors failed to reattach the testicle during emergency surgery.

"I'm doing all this to protest at my terrible situation," he told doctors.

Hospital spokesman Carlos Viera said: "He's a labourer. Last year he was asking for work. This time he wanted a pay rise because he says his wages are low."

Mr Viera said Velez can still enjoy "a normal sex life".

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Doctor does DIY vasectomy

A doctor performed a vasectomy on himself then went to read a book in his garden.

Jonathan Heatley, who has three children, decided to perform the procedure on himself after discussing it with his wife.

The 45-year-old GP gave himself local anaesthetic and personally performed the procedure with a scalpel, while a nurse and his wife stood by in case of a mishap.

The operation, performed at his own health centre in Horsham, West Sussex, took 20 minutes, and Dr Heatley was back at work the next day.

"I hardly felt a thing but it made me sweat a bit, "Dr Heatley said. "My only worry was making sure I was properly numb while I carried out the operation.

"I hope that what I've done will help people to realise that, despite all the horror stories vasectomies can be relatively pain free."

Dr Heatley, who has three sons, aged 12, 14 and 16, had already performed three 'snips' that morning and decided to become number four.

"We got to the end of the session and I just said to the nurse, 'Right then - let's do me now' and hopped on the couch," he told the Daily Mail.

"I have been performing vasectomies with the same nurse for about five years so there wasn't any embarrassment between us. I called my wife, Heather, into the room in case I fainted, but she was absolutely fascinated to watch."

Dr Heatley made sure he was fully numb and then made an incision in his scrotum with the scalpel, sealing the sperm-carrying tubes.

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***** pastries selling like hot cakes online

A Chilean website devoted to erotic confectionery has seen sales boom since launching a range of *****-shaped pastries.



Lucio Penaloza says most of his customers are women buying the cakes for hen nights.

The Erotic Cake Company's biggest seller is a cake for 20 people called Twin Peaks which is decorated with two edible penises.

Mr Penaloza has been making saucy cakes for eight years, but he says the internet has given his business new impetus.

He believes the internet helps people who would otherwise be too embarrassed to order one of his creations. He provides free and discreet delivery anywhere in Santiago.

Despite its subject matter, the Erotic Cake Company likes to think of itself as a family business. Mr Penaloza's two sons, Adrian and Hector, help him with the design and manufacture.

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Teenager grows new ***** on arm

A Russian teenager who had his ***** amputated has grown a new one on his arm.

Doctors attached a rubber tube to the 16-year-old's arm and grew his skin around it. The organ was then transplanted to his groin.

The boy, known only as Malik, had to have his ***** amputated when he burned it urinating on an electrical wire.

But micro-surgeons were able to grow the new one over a ten-month period, the Sun reports.

They hope Malik will be able to urinate through his new ***** and perhaps have a full sex life one day.

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A university creative writing class was asked to write a concise essay containing these four elements:
- religion
- royalty
- sex
- mystery

The prize-winning essay read:

"My God," said the Queen. "I'm pregnant. I wonder who did it?"