Wednesday, February 21, 2007

'Kaspar the Clown' faces prison for punching schoolboy

This is what happened when 12-year-old Amos Lutz met Kaspar the Clown at a circus in Leipzig, Germany.



Amos's mistake seems to have been to hurl a carton of his own confetti at Kaspar - otherwise known as Bernd Kalster, 47 - as he strolled by. Clown Bernd Kalster, 47, punched and kicked helpless Amos Lutzer, 12, to the ground at Leipzig, Germany, then claimed it was self defence.



Kaspar clearly failed to see the funny side.

He took hold of Amos and punched and kicked him, even as the youngster curled into a ball to try to protect himself.



The clown has now been arrested and charged with causing actual bodily harm. He faces the prospect of six months in prison.

Amos's father Stephan Lutz, said: 'He thought he was being jolly throwing the confetti and this is how he was repaid. The clown's a psycho.'

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