Each year 68-year-old Joerg-Werner Lubbe from the town of Markneukirchen, in southeastern Germany, decks out his yard with tasty Easter treats. And every time, the decorations prove irresistible to children in the neighbourhood, who help themselves.
Determined that this year would be different, the Easter scrooge allegedly laced a batch of chocolate bunnies with ammonium hydroxide and hung them from a tree in his front yard. A sweet-toothed 10-year-old fell for the trap and gobbled down a baited bunny. He was violently ill and had to be rushed to the hospital.
Police said they were investigating Lubbe for grievous bodily harm and said they found six more poisoned bunnies in the yard. They said adults would have immediately noticed the smell of the chemical, but a hungry child may have been unable to resist the lure of chocolate.
9 comments:
That is crazy to think that children are going to leave chocolate alone when it's right outside. Who decorates their garden with candy? This guy does not have his head screwed on tightly. He needs a jail term for hurting these kids.
Who decorates their garden with chocolate? I fear in the not so distant future I'll be reading (on here) about someone who decorates his garden with turds. Though really, if he was going to spike the chocolate, he could at least have gone for something more harmless like chili-chocolate or just covering them in capsaicin.
Here's a novel idea - Don't Steal!
I can't help but wonder if these two guys are related... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiL78VQyUmA
Maybe the parents should teach their kids not to steal from other people.
Anonymous (if that is your real name)
Obviously the candies were displayed as an attractant to children and it is implicit that they were up for offer.
The alternative is indefensible. Why would you even use actual chocolate for decorations if it wasn't meant for eating??
He clearly intended to poison a child.
Not to mention that he completely missed the point of the holiday which is to give candy to children.
you should never ,ever,mess with another man's chocolate
The germans still have not learned their bad habits!
Gas or poison are their main instruments whatever their age.
Now come on Anon...DON'T MENTION THE WAR.
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