Man who ‘wanted to eat a child’ sentenced to probation
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A South Carolina man who allegedly wanted to enslave and eat a child has been sentenced to five years of probation. The 36-year-old, Justin Teeter Bensing, was originally sentenced to nine years in prison for criminal solicitation of a minor, but the ruling was overturned after Bensing was diagnosed with autism and because he had no prior convictions.
Visitor falls into ‘Descent into Limbo’ art exhibit
A Portuguese man has been treated for unspecified injuries, after falling into an eight-feet deep Anish Kapoor art installation in a museum. The installation, called “Descent into Limbo”, was designed to look like a two-dimensional black circle on the floor. Despite warning signs and staff assigned to guard the hole, the man – in his 60s – fell in.
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Pokemon cards stolen ‘out of spite’
A Louisiana man has been charged with several offences after he was caught in possession of 99 stolen packs of Pokemon cards. 33-year-old Michael Larocco told police he had been “antagonised” by a worker at a nearby store over plans to shoplift, and decided to take more “out of spite, because he didn't like the way she was treating him”.
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