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Man sentenced over wombat rape claim
Posted Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:13pm AEDT
Updated Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:22pm AEDTA New Zealand man has been sentenced to community service after telling police he had been raped by a wombat and the experience had caused him to start speaking “Australian”.
Arthur Cradock, a 48-year-old orchard worker from Motueka on South Island, rang police on February 11 to say he was being raped by the slow-moving Australian marsupial at his home, The Nelson Mail reported.
He rang back soon afterwards to say he was withdrawing his complaint against the wombat, a court was told.
“Apart from speaking Australian now, I’m pretty all right you know,” he told police in the second call.
Cradock pleaded guilty to using a phone for a fictitious purpose and was sentenced to 75 hours community work.
Prosecutors said alcohol played a large part in Cradock’s life, although his defence lawyer said he was not drunk on the afternoon of the phone calls.
- AFP
…but I did locate his booking photo.
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Police never found the wombat for its mug shot.
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Image: (wombat) theage.com.au; (background) smh.com.au