Thieves pelt police with stolen wine
And other stories from the stranger side of life
Wine thieves caught mid-heist have attacked police with their expensive haul during a dramatic chase. The vino villains, who were making off with an estimated €350,000 (£317,000) worth of grands crus Burgundy wines taken from a hotel outside Paris, began throwing their loot at officers as they were chased down the motorway. Detectives say they are searching for at least three men.
Cops seek bullish burglars
Police in Wiltshire have issued an appeal after a bronze sculpture of a cow’s head was stolen from a garden. Officers say only a “specialist” could have removed the cow’s head from its plinth, because of its large size and weight. They said: “We’re appealing for witnesses or anyone who may know the whereabouts of a large bronze garden ornament that was stolen from a front garden on New Year’s Day.”
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Plane stolen in Arizona
It seems New Year’s Eve was quite a night for theft, with police in Cottonwood, Arizona looking for a plane that was stolen from the local airport that evening.The thieves broke into the airport just before midnight, disabling the main gate and forcing it open. They pinched a small red and white aircraft with the tail number N153PR.
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.
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