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Jailed for breaking into Jail

| June 19, 2010

A Mozambican man, Macamelo Antonio, 28, was sentenced to 1 year for destroying state property after he used a hammer and crowbar to break back into prison. Mr Antonio had just been released for good behaviour from a 10 year sentence.

Lighting Woes – Funny World

| June 2, 2010

As Swansea council have decided to switch off around 1,500 street lights in in search of savings up to £100,000 a year, Cape Town in South Africa’s city bosses are to keep the lights on round the clock to deter thieves of a surging crime wave involving the theft of electricity cables blighting the city.