Sundaymail Editor
For some people, going to prison can feel like escaping to freedom.
A man under house arrest in Italy showed up at a police barracks asking to be put behind bars because life with his wife at home was unbearable, police said last Sunday.
The 30-year-old Albanian citizen living in Guidonia Montecelio, outside Rome, “was no longer able to cope with the forced cohabitation with his wife,” Carabinieri police from nearby Tivoli said in a statement.
“Exasperated by the situation, he preferred to escape, spontaneously presenting himself to the Carabinieri to ask to serve his sentence behind bars,” they wrote.
The man had been under house arrest for drug crimes for several months and had a few years left to serve, Captain Francesco Giacomo Ferrante of the Tivoli Carabinieri told AFP.
“He lived at home with his wife and family. It wasn’t going well anymore,” Ferrante said.
He said, “Listen, my domestic life has become hell, I can’t do it anymore, I want to go to jail.”
The man was promptly arrested for violating his house arrest and judicial authorities ordered his transfer to prison.
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24-year-old
woman stabs mother
A 24-year-old woman in Ghana has been apprehended by the police for stabbing her biological mother whom she claimed sleeps with her spiritually.
The suspect stabbed her 46-year-old single mother on the neck, back and hand on several occasions over claims that her mother has sexual intercourse with her spiritually.
The prosecuting superintendent of police, Patience Mario, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the suspect who is unemployed lives with her mother and brother.
The victim, who is a single parent, has been taking care of the suspect and her brother since they were abandoned by their father.
In explaining how the unfortunate incident happened, Mario indicated that the victim and the suspect had a misunderstanding on October 27, 2021.
The suspect accused the victim of getting married to her spiritually or also sleeping with her.
The 24-year-old woman then stabbed her mother in the neck, hand and back several times until the knife broke.
The victim’s shout for mercy was heard by co-tenants, who rushed to the room and rescued her.
She was then rushed to the Abokobi Health Centre for first aid and later transferred to the 37 Military Hospital where she is currently on admission.
The suspect was also arrested by the Abokobi Police and later handed over to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit.
She was, however, remanded into police custody by the Adentan Circuit Court and will reappear before the court on November 16, 2021.
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164 dogs crammed
into a tiny house
Japanese health officials found 164 emaciated dogs crammed into a tiny house in one of the country’s worst cases of animal hoarding, an animal rights activist said.
The parasite-infested animals were found in a 30 square-metre house in the city of Izumo in western Japan after neighbours had complained, said Kunihisa Sagami, the head of animal rights group Dobutsukikin.
The dogs lived crammed onto shelves and under tables and chairs.
“The entire floor was filled with dogs and all the floor space you could see was covered with faeces,” said Sagami.
Public health officials first visited the house seven years ago after getting complaints from neighbours about the noise and bad smell, but the owner refused to let officials investigate at that time.
The three people living in the house said they could not afford to spay and neuter the dogs, so they kept getting more of them.
Sagami said the family has agreed to give up the dogs and his group would look for foster homes for them after they got medical care.
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Congregant and usher
fight over phone
A video of an usher trying to seize a church member’s phone has caused quite a stir on social media.
In the video that was shared on Instagram , the usher could be seen trying to collect the phone from the church member because the latter was operating the gadget during service.
While the church member held on to his phone, the usher was adamant on seizing it and he could be seen dancing to the praise-and-worship song.
Some church members capturing the moment on camera laughed over the development.
Many social media users expressed displeasure over the development and they soon flooded the comment section to share their thoughts.
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Suspects caught selling
peacock for drug money
Reaction Unit SA officers rescued a peacock in Verulam yesterday after being tipped-off about two men trying to sell the bird in Todd Street.
In a media release, the security company said it had received the call “after a passersby noticed the two men selling a peacock to the occupants of a white Golf GTI”.
“Reaction officers responded to the call and on arrival, located the peacock on the back seat of the vehicle.
“Its legs were bound. According to the driver of the car, he had paid the two individuals R300.
“The suspects had removed the feathers from the bird which they intended selling separately.
“They (suspects) informed reaction officers that the proceeds of the sale were to be used to purchase heroin,” said the statement.
Peacocks have been kept as pets for thousands of years and regarded as a status symbol by the rich and famous.
They are known for their colourful iridescent plumage and wide tail, which when fanned out, make up more than 60 percent of the bird’s body and which have colourful “eye markings”.
The tails are used in mating or courtship rituals and it is believed females choose their mate based on the size, colour and quality of the tail “train”.
Technically, males are peacocks, the females are peahens and together they are known as peafowl.
Their lifespan is about 20 years and the male tail can grow up to 1,5 metres. — Wires.
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