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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Woman kidnapped to iron, do dishes
2008-06-16
An Italian man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, taking her home and forcing her to iron his clothes and wash the dishes, police said on Monday.
"I've a suspicion it was him, Giuseppe!"
"How can you tell, Carlo?"
"It wuz his house and his girlfriend. He wuz there. He had the knife in his hand."
"Damn, Carlo! That's brilliant!"
The 43-year-old man dragged the woman out of a pub in the port city of Genoa,
"Yer comin' wid me, bebby!"
"Help! Help!"
"Here, youse! Stop that!"
"Shuddup. Have a beer on me!"
"Well, that's mighty nice of youse!"
shoved her into a car
"Into the car, woman!"
and took her to his home where he made her iron and wash dishes after threatening her, they said.
"Wash the dishes and iron the shirts or it's curtains for you!"
"You beast!"
"Shuddup and iron!"
Police arrived at his house after being tipped off by a friend of the woman who watched the scene at the pub.
"Yeah! He dragged her right out in fronta everybody!"
"Why didn't you stop him?"
"Well, he bought me this beer..."
The man, who was apparently furious at his ex-girlfriend for leaving him, was arrested on charges of kidnapping, police said.
"Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!"
"Curses! Foiled again!"
Posted by:Fred

#9  Woman kidnapped to iron, do dishes

Same thing happened to my mom. She called it "marriage", though.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2008-06-16 19:50  

#8  What happened? Did mama die?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-06-16 19:02  

#7  Kidnapping's pretty hard work and the cops generally tend to take a dim view of it. Sounds to me like it would have been cheaper to hire a maid.
Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707   2008-06-16 19:01  

#6  What? His momma not available?
Posted by: ed   2008-06-16 15:17  

#5  Kidnapping huh?

I know marriage didn't help with the ironing or dishwashing.
Posted by: DK70 the Scantily Clad7177   2008-06-16 15:00  

#4  Attention seeking whore!



=;)
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2008-06-16 14:57  

#3  Which part, Hellfish? Kidnapping an ex-girlfriend, or forced ironing and dish washing? To me, the second part is just stupid -- you don't force a victim to take dangerous weapons into her hands, eg. hot irons and frying pans, both suitable for whacking heads with.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-06-16 14:27  

#2  This isn't legal, right?
Posted by: Hellfish   2008-06-16 13:13  

#1  Adds a whole new wrinkle to crime in Italy.
Posted by: lotp   2008-06-16 12:18  

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