News of the Weird

[InsaneApache]

Not so much weird but definitely sick....

Three teenagers who kicked and punched a homeless man to death in Liverpool for a dare have been sentenced.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Kevin Bennett, 53, was attacked as he slept rough outside a supermarket in August.

He was taken to hospital with serious injuries and died six days later.

Brothers Connor and Brandon Doran, aged 17 and 14, and Simon Evans, 14, were told they would remain in custody until the Home Secretary approved their release.

Passing sentence, Judge Clement Goldstone QC, the Recorder of Liverpool, said: "I think it is a desperately sad reflection on this society that each of you was party to serious violence purely for the sake of it."

He added the tariffs given were, "to all intent and purpose, life sentences".

The three boys, who all denied murder, were found guilty in February following a four-week trial.
'I booted him'

Earlier in the trial the jury was told Connor Doran had goaded Evans by saying: "I bet you haven't got it in you to do him in."

Evans later told his friend: "I started kicking him, I booted him and now he's dead."

Brandon Doran stood look-out as the attack took place, the prosecution said.

Mr Bennett, described as "vulnerable" by the prosecution, suffered a fractured eye socket, a collapsed lung and a broken ribcage.

He died in hospital from blood poisoning after an infection set in, causing organ failure, a post-mortem examination found.

Connor Doran, labelled the "leader of the pack" by the judge, was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years.

Evans was ordered to serve at least eight years and Brandon Doran received six years for acting as look-out during the attack.
Takeaway murder

The Doran brothers' mother, Linda Doran, 42, was jailed for 30 months after being convicted by the jury of perverting the course of justice by providing false alibis for her sons.

Kevin Bennett died in hospital six days after the attack in August 2012

Her eldest son, Ryan, 23, was convicted of murder and jailed for life in October after he attacked a stranger with a bottle in a takeaway.

The judge told the mother: "You have another son who is serving life for murder. There are not many parents who have that sort of personal agony to bear.

"But then again, not that many mothers would have shown themselves to be either so unwilling or unable to shoulder the responsibility of motherhood as you have."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-22155807

[Lemur]

I, for one, welcome our giant beaver overlords



[W]aves of beavers scurrying through a West Sacramento, Calif. neighborhood, toppling trees and damaging public property.

“I started getting lots of calls from concerned residents,” West Sacramento’s Urban Forest Manager Dena Kirtley told local CBS affiliate KOVR-TV.

Those residents may be living in the vicinity of as many as 30 wood-chewing rodents, according to city officials. The beavers first moved into a Bridgeway Lakes neighborhood in much smaller numbers three years ago, but have since multiplied and spread to other areas. And it sounds like at least a few are on the ginormous side of the gene pool.

“They can weigh upwards of 70 pounds and some of them, by the damage on the trees, were a good four feet tall,” said Kirtley, adding that the damage has been “on a massive scale” and that he believes the beavers have taken down as many as a dozen local trees.

[Lemur]

Novel defense against molestation charge: "I'm too racist to mess with that kid!"



A Humble private school teacher accused of fondling a student has been charged with indecency with a child, but is denying the allegations by saying she’s prejudiced. [...]

“She (said she) doesn’t like to even touch the black children on their hand, she shies away when they try to hug her -- she admitted to being prejudice,” Blanchard said.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I, for one, welcome our giant beaver overlords



[W]aves of beavers scurrying through a West Sacramento, Calif. neighborhood, toppling trees and damaging public property.

“I started getting lots of calls from concerned residents,” West Sacramento’s Urban Forest Manager Dena Kirtley told local CBS affiliate KOVR-TV.

Those residents may be living in the vicinity of as many as 30 wood-chewing rodents, according to city officials. The beavers first moved into a Bridgeway Lakes neighborhood in much smaller numbers three years ago, but have since multiplied and spread to other areas. And it sounds like at least a few are on the ginormous side of the gene pool.

“They can weigh upwards of 70 pounds and some of them, by the damage on the trees, were a good four feet tall,” said Kirtley, adding that the damage has been “on a massive scale” and that he believes the beavers have taken down as many as a dozen local trees.

Wow, a surfeit of beaver in California...who'd'a thunk it?

[HopAlongBunny]

The invasion begins....

[drone]

Wow, a surfeit of beaver in California...who'd'a thunk it?

I'm surprised no one has made a Vonnegut reference yet.

[Fragony]

Simply too good to be true http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-to-women.html

[Gregoshi]

Simply too good to be true http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-to-women.html

Travel tip for men: only go there if you are Sowdy looking.

[Major Robert Dump]

Beavers are no joke. I have a fear of beavers, they set me into kill mode. Had a run in with one while noodling, saw a relative get his arm gnawed half off at the elbow. I kill beavers on sight.

[Kadagar_AV]

I like beavers.

I like hunting them, and I like eating them.

[rajpoot]

I like beavers.

I like hunting them, and I like eating them.

Which ones?
The ones Lemur posted of or the ones Tiaexz referred to.

[Kadagar_AV]

Gang leader in prison knocked up 4 prison guards.

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com...=1366805772750

[Fragony]

Check the correct box. Case in question: what do you not want to find if you go to the toilet

[ ] empty roll of toilet-paper
[ ] something someone didn't flush
[ ] a bengal tiger

I guess you know the answer

[Populus Romanus]

Link....

[Fragony]

That would be giving away the answer, it doesn't work like that

[rajpoot]

I'd say something someone did not flush.
Tigers are easy.

[Fragony]

Lady's and gentlemen, we got him, the man who got kicked out of Saudi-Arabia because he's too handsome https://www.facebook.com/OmarBorkanAlGala

I'll admit he's handsome, but something tells me the lady's have nothing to worry about

[rajpoot]

Is it just me or do all his pictures appear to be photoshopped to a considerable degree?

Lady's and gentlemen, we got him, the man who got kicked out of Saudi-Arabia because he's too handsome https://www.facebook.com/OmarBorkanAlGala

I'll admit he's handsome, but something tells me the lady's have nothing to worry about

You think he's homosexual do you?

[Lemur]

Dude has classically feminine features; doesn't mean much in terms of his sexual orientation.

Actually, given this dude's looks, I suspect it wasn't the ladies who found him "too attractive."

[rajpoot]

So the real reason he was asked to leave was so that some sheikh could remain closeted?

[Kadagar_AV]

Come on, let's not judge someone on appearance.

There is also the possibility that he is bi-sexual.

[InsaneApache]

You fancy him don't you.

[Fragony]

It's the eyeliner that does it, give me your lust and your sorrow

[InsaneApache]

[Fragony]

At least post the right one! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2kkr0e_dTQ

[Lemur]

Man loses life savings at carnival game, now has banana with dreadlocks



Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings, $2,600, on a carnival game and all he has to show for it is a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.

“You’re expecting the kids to win a few things, let the kids have a good time,” said Gribbohm. “It just didn’t turn out that way.”

Gribbohm says he attended a Manchester carnival run by New Hampshire-based Fiesta Shows and wanted to win an Xbox Kinect at a game called Tubs of Fun where contestants toss balls into a tub. When he practiced he says it was easy, but something changed when he started playing for the prize and the balls kept popping out.

“It’s not possible that it wasn’t rigged,” said Gribbohm.

The 30-year-old from Epsom says he kept trying to win back his money by going double or nothing. He dropped $300 in just a few minutes, then says he went home to get $2,300 more and soon lost all of that as well.

“You just get caught up in the whole ‘I’ve got to win my money back.’”

Fiesta Shows says the game is run by an independent contractor who has worked for Fiesta for years. Fiesta tells WBZ-TV it is interviewing the contractor to “get to the bottom of what happened” and the game is not being set up at the upcoming carnival in Derry.

“They’ve been with us quite a while,” said Fiesta Vice President John Flynn. “First I ever heard of anything like that.”

Flynn said he did not know the name of the contractor off hand, and said it was “pretty next to impossible” to lose such a large amount of money at the game.

“I know it’s a difficult game. I’ve tried it myself — I’ve done it once, missed probably 20 times,” he said.

Henry says he went back the next day to complain, and the man running the game gave him back $600. Henry split with the banana and the cash, and filed a report with the Manchester Police Department.

Manchester Police Lieutenant Maureen Tessier says the department is investigating to determine if there was any fraud.

The traveling carnival is now setting up in Derry, NH, but you will not see Tubs Of Fun. Fiesta said the independent contractor that runs the game is not allowed to set up while an investigation is taking place.

Gribbohm says he is considering a lawsuit.

“For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,” said Gribbohm. “It was foolish for putting up my life savings.”

[Major Robert Dump]

Thats going on Facebook

[Lemur]

Humorless OK Man Does Not Appreciate Dildo-as-Message



Ralph Polnicky of Shawnee, Oklahoma is outraged, damn it! And he has a good reason to be! Allegedly after an “ugly” confrontation with an employee at the Tractor Supply store, Polnicky received a threatening 8-inch dildo in the mail with “Ralph Is A Dick!!” and “Tractor Supply. Don’t come back!!” written on it.

“We were aghast, I mean, we were absolutely shocked by what’s in this box,” he said. “My wife was, just, ‘Oh my God! What, who is this? What do they want? What are they going to do next?’”

Polinky says “Don’t come back!” was shouted at him by the employee at Tractor Supply after Polinky complained “about taking too long to order a product.”

According to reports, “Tractor Supply acknowledged hearing about the package but couldn’t say anything about it. ”

[drone]

I would never have thought that Tractor Supply employees would be Justin Timberlake fans.

[Ronin]

Strip Club bouncer shot with arrow.

A tough-guy bouncer at a Tennessee strip club was shot by an arrow Sunday morning and then pulled the projectile out of his shoulder, police told The Huffington Post. He has resumed work.

Man, if there is one thing you don´t want to see in a strip club, it's some wood coming at you!