Idiot of the Day thread

[Black Urum]

Man jailed for blasting co-worker's rectum with air compressor

A CARPENTER'S assistant blasted pressurised air up his friend's rectum, rupturing his large intestine, because he was seeking a pleasant change that would break the monotony of hard work, a Nicosia court has said.

The foreign EU national who is a father of two, was jailed for 45 days last week after admitting that in October last year he had seriously injured his friend who required surgery and a lengthy stay in hospital to recover.

"The defendant's idea to administer pressurised air into his friend's anus is indeed original and in reality the thought of it provokes laughter; but putting the idea into practice ended up in tragedy for the victim and the perpetrator," the court said.

The decision issued by the court did not contain much detail concerning the incident.

The court said the defendant, being 31 and a carpenter's assistant must have realised that the gun of an air compressor is a dangerous object and should not be used near the human body.

The judge said the victim had suffered for many days and certainly "the tragic consequences for the victim were not worth the defendant's few moments of fun."

"The incident is isolated but it did not happen by accident" – it was done deliberately for fun, the court said. "The particular action is not a usual phenomenon, but the frivolity of people acting at the expense of other people without considering the unexpected consequences of the joke is a phenomenon of concern to our society."

The court said the only fitting penalty under the circumstances was immediate imprisonment, even if the defendant had done something that is not characteristic of his personality.

The court also rejected a motion to suspend the sentence, saying it had exhausted its leniency by cutting the duration of imprisonment.