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February 9, 2012
Jilted hubby exacts mousy revenge
Published: 1 Feb 10 13:02 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/24720/20100201/
A 59-year-old man has been arrested for using his ex-wife's musophobia to wreak cruel revenge for their break up after he pushed 19 mice through her letter box on Sunday morning.
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The jilted ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful threats and animal welfare offences.
Knowing that his ex-wife suffered from musophobia - an unreasonable and disproportionate fear of rats and mice - the man arrived at her apartment in the northern Stockholm suburb of Märsta in the early hours of Sunday morning bearing a paper bag full of mice.
The 37-year-old woman awoke to find the scampering murines in her apartment and called the police at 7.30am.
Police arrested the man and took him in for questioning.
The nineteen mice captured at the woman's apartment are also being housed at the police station pending the advice of the county veterinarian.
According to the Aftonbladet newspaper, the man has demanded the return of his mice.
"He has treated both the mice and his ex-wife badly, so I do not think that he should be given any of them. But we shall have to wait and see what the authorities decide," Lars Lisberger told the newspaper.
TT/Peter Vinthagen Simpson
news@thelocal.se
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they will keep the mice and hand over the wife....
Punish him for cruelty to animals and let him off for posting them. No matter how old you are you can still come up with novel ideas
I think you guys have the perfect solution to this problem. So i do not see any need for the police or lawyers likewise the court.hhahahahaahha.
And @this_aint_sparta don't bother about what @peropaco said, just go for it mate, hahhahaahahhahah!!!
I would take the mice in but I have enough of my own at this time of year!!!
there is no evidence of mistreatment Though the police capturing them would be mistreatment for sure! (they would be scared shitless)
I think this is the best story ever his only mistake was not recording the madness caused when she awoke that would be classic you-tube hit for sure ROFL
Animal cruelty naahhh they would be loving a nice new warm cosy place to live but they would move out coz the new neighbour is much to noisy LOL
CLASSIC
So case close.....next please!
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/found_pettoys/
Ahahaha this article has totally made my morning. I guess the distance between the mail slott and the floor for the mice to fall must have been too severe a jump for Swedish animal rights laws to ignore...
God bless those Sergels Torg kids and roundabout forms of prosecution!