Two Men and a Dalek Mask Arrested in Weird Ex-Girlfriend Kidnapping Plot

[Dr. Omega]

You can't make this stuff up..

http://io9.com/5030322/two-men-and-a-dalek-mask-arrested-in-weird-ex+girlfriend-kidnapping-plot



Two Men and a Dalek Mask Arrested in Weird Ex-Girlfriend Kidnapping Plot (http://io9.com/5030322/two-men-and-a-dalek-mask-arrested-in-weird-ex+girlfriend-kidnapping-plot)

http://io9.com/assets/images/io9/2008/07/dalek-voice-220_781566f.jpg Poor James Wakefield just wanted to reawaken his ex-girlfriend's affections after she dumped him last December. And he figured the best way to do it would be to pay his friend James Rawson £20,000 to don a Dalek mask with voice-changer, kidnap his ex, and take her out to the woods. After the Dalek-masked Rawson had terrified her, Wakefield planned to show up and impress his ex with a miraculous "rescue." Surely being saved from a Dalek would make any right-thinking woman fall madly in love with this spurned bloke again, right? Luckily, Wakefield never got to find out: He and Rawson were arrested last week for conspiracy to kidnap.

According to the Telegraph:

Rawson, 21, claimed he thought Wakefield was joking until he turned up with the £40 helmet he had bought at Woolworths, along with night vision goggles, handcuffs, an air pistol, a balaclava, a boiler suit and a knife block . . . The court was told that Rawson was meant to go to the woman's home in Newark, Nottinghamshire, hold the knife to her throat, then bundle her into the boot of a car and take her to the woods.
But after waiting outside her home twice, Rawson abandoned the plan. On the first occasion, he ran away after he was "spooked" by a cat. The second time he ran off after being caught in the glare of an approaching car's headlights, the court heard.
Scared off by a cat? I thought the only thing that could deter a Dalek was absorbing a snippet of Rose Tyler's DNA, or maybe being sent into the Void. Let this be a lesson to all would-be ex-girlfriend kidnappers, though. A Dalek mask can't make you awesome, even if you wear night vision goggles underneath it.


Dr. Ω

[Benel Germosen]

That's stupid on parade.

[Cactusakic]

On the one hand, I am stunned by the stupidity of those involved.
On the other hand, I am so glad this all happened because I just spent the last few minutes laughing my ass off over it.

[copypastepuke]

idiots

[FredC]

...so, at first, he thought the guy was joking. Then he found out he wasn't and went along with it anyway!?

WHAAA--?

[Foolish Mortal]

I eagerly await the movie version of this idiocy.

[Brandon Reynolds]

I eagerly await the movie version of this idiocy.

Just curious what's the story behind your sig?

[Generic Poster]

I'm amazed that someone this stupid had access to 40,000 dollars (maybe he didn't really).

[Kingsumo]

So much win and so much fail. That is great

[Foolish Mortal]

Just curious what's the story behind your sig?


http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8687855&nav=menu117_2

Surveillance cameras capture what could've been a deadly accident, but for people who saw it with their own eyes, it was even more startling.

"The shaking on your feet... it was just like, I've been in an earthquake before and it almost felt like the feeling of an earthquake," said Diana Munoz who works nearby.

"I heard what I thought was a double thunder clap and I didn't think it was about to rain and I looked out, ran across, yelled back to call 911," said Bill Rafferty, who also works across the street.

And after all this force and weight crashes down, Center Police say Mickey Miller and his son were able to crawl out of the truck, unharmed.

"The driver was uninjured which was a blessing in itself," said Officer Kevin Gratehouse with the Center Police Department. "Had it been a little further over on top of the truck, it possibly could have crushed the cab down and caught him."

Ironically, police say Miller was going to Texas State Bank to sign paperwork on his new travel-trailer, the same one that clipped the awning when he tried to drive around.

[Generic Poster]

http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8687855&nav=menu117_2

Surveillance cameras capture what could've been a deadly accident, but for people who saw it with their own eyes, it was even more startling.

"The shaking on your feet... it was just like, I've been in an earthquake before and it almost felt like the feeling of an earthquake," said Diana Munoz who works nearby.

"I heard what I thought was a double thunder clap and I didn't think it was about to rain and I looked out, ran across, yelled back to call 911," said Bill Rafferty, who also works across the street.

And after all this force and weight crashes down, Center Police say Mickey Miller and his son were able to crawl out of the truck, unharmed.

"The driver was uninjured which was a blessing in itself," said Officer Kevin Gratehouse with the Center Police Department. "Had it been a little further over on top of the truck, it possibly could have crushed the cab down and caught him."

Ironically, police say Miller was going to Texas State Bank to sign paperwork on his new travel-trailer, the same one that clipped the awning when he tried to drive around.

That's not irony.

[joespam]

I eagerly await the movie version of this idiocy.It's called Fargo.

[changingshades]

so am I the only one thinking, "$40? I can spend that on an awesome dalek mask."