Here’s something to think about, South Africans…
A Berlin burglar’s break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police.
“He called to say he’d just broken into a flat and found a dead body,” said a spokeswoman for Berlin police. “He gave the address of the place and then hung up.”
Officers discovered the 64-year-old resident of the flat dead in his bedroom. The man had passed away about two weeks ago, and authorities are not treating the death as suspicious.
The burglar has not been heard of since. Local media said he fled the flat empty-handed, but police could not confirm this.
(via http://www.stuff.co.nz/4362322a4560.html)
05/03/2008 at 5:49 am Permalink
Berlin? Sounds a bit more like Germany than NZ…. Stuff has news from all over… esp. in OddStuff
05/03/2008 at 8:45 am Permalink
Crumbs! You’re right, I didn’t even notice that. I was so enamored with NZ, that I assumed it was local