Published: 4 May 12 12:12 CET | Print version
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A woman who placed her ex-boyfriend's penis in a piping-hot hair straightener and squeezed is not guilty of assault, a Swedish court has ruled.
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This guy should be given a lengthy jail term.
Any man that would hit a women for any reason other than to save himself is a coward.
You know who you are.
She should have squeezed his c0ck with the hot iron and then shoved it up his ar5e... What an idiot.
Now had she completed the treatment with a nice blow job, maybe the little fellow would have cooled down nicely, rather than behave like a demented,overheated prick.
Poor chap could easily have lost his marbles as well,... dear oh dear,.. I see he did.
personally i think the head butt is ok but it should have ended there as it should be seen as self defence.
either way, this is one weird article that might become a movie one day!
"personally i think the head butt is ok"
YIKES!!!
do u work for a newspaper?
great work at misquoting someone and missing the point completely.
no wonder he was a an ex boyfriend, what an Idiot and she has not much better taste really!
perhaps she should have done a better job and prevented any breeding!
@#18
do u work for a newspaper?
great work at misquoting someone and missing the point completely. "
"personally i think the head butt is o.k. by me", are exactly you're words, not a misquote at all.
YOU said the head butt was o.k., what the hell other meaning could be derived from it?
You say i missed the point, yet you did not clarify.
It doesn't justify him beating her up, but sure as hell she should have been sentenced, too!