Friday, March 13, 2009

It’s a Thieves World after all: Take down the Barbed Wire Bill


This story simply defies the imagination. One can’t help but want to know more about this. The first thing that comes to mind: How long will it take for thieves to own everything in Worcestershire? Is the council mad? Is this a reality show? Is everyone over there lobotomized except Bill Malcolm? Can the world quarantine this area until a cure is found?

Read it and weep.

“Bill Malcolm erected the 3ft fence after thieves struck three times in just four months, stealing tools worth around £300 from his shed and ransacking his vegetable patch.

But Bromsgrove district council has ordered the 61-year-old to remove the waist-high fence on health and safety grounds.”

Read more at the Mail Online

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