Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

monkeywire - [monkeywire] Police hunting monkey burglar

monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: The #1 source for news about monkeys and apes

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "David Little" <david AT david-little.org.uk>
  • To: <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [monkeywire] Police hunting monkey burglar
  • Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:11:51 +0100

>From Yahoo News:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/020610/80/d0qyb.html


Police hunting monkey burglar

Click to enlarge photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Police are used to dealing with cat burglars
but they say they now hunting a chimpanzee who has robbed two
London homes.


A shocked Mustapha Riat awoke to find the cheeky monkey in his
home in Hackney, east London, stealing his mobile phone.


"I saw this hairy black chimpanzee coming through my window. It
was broad and muscular and I was frightened of being bitten,"
Riat, 43, told the Sun newspaper.


The chimp is also prime suspect in the burglary at a house nearby
where part of a stereo was taken.


Police said initial inquiries had turned up a blank as they
couldn't find anyone living nearby who owned a monkey.


"We were called to two burglaries in Hackney and at the second the
victim said he saw a monkey leaving the premises," a police
spokesman told Reuters.


"We are not hopeful we are going to find the monkey. It might have
been trained to steal, but a monkey is not going to think 'that's
a mobile phone, I'll take it'."



______________________
David Little

mailto:david AT david-little.org.uk
Web: http://david-little.org.uk

__________________________________________________
WebMail by Xsession.Com Limited
http://www.xsession.com
High quality solutions at sensible prices!






  • [monkeywire] Police hunting monkey burglar, David Little, 06/10/2002

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page