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Man jailed for building skate ramp with bits of friend's house
Published: 17 Sep 11 10:15 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/36198/20110917/
A man in southern Sweden has been convicted of vandalism among other charges after attempting to surprise his friend and build a skateboard ramp using materials ripped from the friend’s house.
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The man built a skateboard ramp in the backyard of a friend’s home. The friend was away at the time of construction.
The man ripped wooden planks from his friend’s patio and used metal pipes to construct the ramp.
He discovered the needed tools in his friend’s car, which was locked. He smashed through the car’s side window and grabbed the tools that were there to carry out his work.
When his friend returned home, he found a skateboard ramp in his backyard, a torn up patio and an ax thrust into the wall of his house.
While the 22-year-old admitted he broke into the car and built a skate ramp from the patio, he denies intentional damage. He claimed the window was broken by accident and the ramp was built as a surprise, according to local media Halland’s Post.
The man was sentenced to two months imprisonment on charges of assault, harassment, vandalism and stealing a car.
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None to be blamed! No long-term solution is achievable by changing policies or making new laws e.g. in efforts of ending accidents, crimes against national securities etc. including airports.
But for them now, no more welfare checks for free good times and committing crimes!
To keep the guys with such heartless behaviours and mentalities off the Western streets, new labor camps are needed where they have to earn the costs of their own food that someone has to produce!
Shahislam
Patios are a crime though.
Unbelievable the Swedish craze for building enormous "decks" around their habitations. Should be outlawed.
Let the dude go - he was only trying to turn something ugly into something beautiful.
BTW - gotta love the axe in the wall!!!
Btw brain surgery isn´t rocket science