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Burglar Pancake

2008 Reader Submission
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A burglar jumped five storeys to his death to his death yesterday after being surprised by the owner of a flat who caught him in her living room. The tattoo covered man was trying to make a quick escape from the three-room flat in Marsiling Lane, but instead landed 15 meters below with a thud. The man, who was in is 40s, died at about 11.45am after being taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The irony? The 50 year old owner of the flat stated it to the newspaper: "Only a stupid person will enter my house. There's nothing to steal."

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A burglar jumped five storeys to his death to his death yesterday after being surprised by the owner of a flat who caught him in her living room.

The man was trying to make a quick escape from the three-room flat in Marsiling Lane, but instead landed 15m below with a thud. "Only a stupid person will enter my house. There's nothing to steal," said Madam Irene Tan.

The 50-year old chanced upon the burglar, who was described as a man covered in tattoos, at around 10am after returning from her morning stroll.

Madam Tan said he panicked, ran to her master bedroom and then took a shortcut to the first floor - from five floors up.

A neighbor from two floors below, Mr Abdul Rahman, said he heard the commotion.

"I heard a woman screaming,'Stop, don't jump'. After that, I heard something drop, boom!" That is when he peered out of his window.

"I saw two guys carry a man and put him inside a car before driving off."

Only a patch of blood was left at the scene.

The police confirmed last night that the man, who was in is 40s, died at about 11.45am after being taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Madam Tan said she had left a back window open and thinks that the man scaled her block like "Spiderman" to break in.

Mr Abdul Rahman, 49, suspects the men may be linked to the recent cases of theft.

The driver of the vehicle which took away the injured man is currently assisting the police in the investigations.

Submitted on 06/21/2008

Submitted by: Amitabho Chattopadhyay
Reference: The Straits Times, June 21st 2008

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Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
To me this is akin to all the stories of dumb crooks running from police. Let's see what the others have to say.


James said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Actually, it has potential. What puts it slightly above the usual "crook fleeing the law" incident is the interesting write-up (rather rare for news reporting) which adds a bit of cartooniness to it! I too will see what the other mods think!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Jumping out of a five-story window means either massive panic or sheer stupidity. Circumtances indicate the latter. Thanks, Amit!


Graham said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Jumping five floors is definitely worthy of some kind of award! I loved the example of inept reporting, i.e. "the man was covered in tattoos", as if this somehow contributes anything to the story! Reporters, you gotta love 'em!


Shadow said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
i have read and reread this one, and I go for bad reaction over stupidity, i see a lot of neutrals here and I dont see anything so fantastic that it reads as a Darwin award, if this guy climbed up the wall he knew how high he was... i am not sure Ms Tan is right either, until i saw some more for the police report like their findings i have to vote this as a toss


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