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A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

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    Police excuse angry computer user for outburst

    BERLIN
    Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:35pm EDT
    A man looks at a computer screen in a file photo. A German man who startled his neighbors when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathized with his technical frustrations. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who startled his neighbors when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathized with his technical frustrations.

    Oddly Enough

    Police in the northern city of Hanover said they would not press charges after responding to calls made by residents in an apartment block who were woken by a loud crash in the early hours of Saturday.

    Officers found the street and pavement covered in electronic parts and discovered who the culprit was.

    Asked what had driven him to the night-time outburst, the 51-year-old man said he had simply got annoyed with his computer.

    "Who hasn't felt like doing that?" said a police spokesman.

    While escaping any official sanction the man was made to clear up the debris.
    Oddly Enough


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