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Man's attempt to kill spider confused with domestic violence, sparks police call
Man's attempt to kill spider confused with domestic violence, sparks police call
SkyNews
Published November 26, 2015
A man's noisy attempts to kill a spider caused his neighbors to call the police, reporting a suspected violent domestic incident.
Officers in Sydney went to the address after numerous calls were made claiming a woman could be heard screaming hysterically and a man yelling "I'm going to kill you, you're dead. Die! Die!"
After police attended the address in the northern suburb of Wollstonecraft and started banging on the door, a man who was out of breath and flushed in the face answered.
In a post on the force's Facebook page, New South Wales police said officers then questioned the man about who was in the apartment with him.
When he replied that he did not have a wife or girlfriend, police were perplexed.
Below is their transcript of the conversation that followed:
Police: We had a report of a domestic and a women screaming, where is she?
Male: I don't know what you're talking about, I live alone.
Police: Come on mate, people clearly heard you yelling you were going to kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit.
Police: Come on mate, what have you done to her?
Male: It was a spider.
Police: Sorry??
Male: It was a spider, a really big one!!
Police: What about the woman screaming?
Male: Yeah sorry that was me, I really, really hate spiders.
What neighbours thought was a serious incidence of domestic violence was in fact the man chasing the arachnid around his home with a can of spider spray.
The police report concluded: "After a very long pause, some laughter and a quick look in the unit to make sure there was no injured party (apart from the spider) we left."
Man's attempt to kill spider confused with domestic violence, sparks police call
Man's attempt to kill spider confused with domestic violence, sparks police call
SkyNews
Published November 26, 2015
A man's noisy attempts to kill a spider caused his neighbors to call the police, reporting a suspected violent domestic incident.
Officers in Sydney went to the address after numerous calls were made claiming a woman could be heard screaming hysterically and a man yelling "I'm going to kill you, you're dead. Die! Die!"
After police attended the address in the northern suburb of Wollstonecraft and started banging on the door, a man who was out of breath and flushed in the face answered.
In a post on the force's Facebook page, New South Wales police said officers then questioned the man about who was in the apartment with him.
When he replied that he did not have a wife or girlfriend, police were perplexed.
Below is their transcript of the conversation that followed:
Police: We had a report of a domestic and a women screaming, where is she?
Male: I don't know what you're talking about, I live alone.
Police: Come on mate, people clearly heard you yelling you were going to kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit.
Police: Come on mate, what have you done to her?
Male: It was a spider.
Police: Sorry??
Male: It was a spider, a really big one!!
Police: What about the woman screaming?
Male: Yeah sorry that was me, I really, really hate spiders.
What neighbours thought was a serious incidence of domestic violence was in fact the man chasing the arachnid around his home with a can of spider spray.
The police report concluded: "After a very long pause, some laughter and a quick look in the unit to make sure there was no injured party (apart from the spider) we left."
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