Friday, October 23, 2009

Weekly Article (Oddity)

http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2009/01/13/i-was-bashed-with-a-dildo-by-man-in-leather-mask/

January 13, 2009

A 49-year-old woman who was beaten by a sexual device by a man in a leather mask and her dog was killed by being taped to a tree by the same man. Shaun Michael Burke, 38, appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with burglary, armed robbery and wilfully and unlawfully killing a dog at night. When the had found the dog there was blood in his mouth which they think that the dog had bite Burke because he had cuts on his arms which could have been dog bites. The woman and her son were at home and at around 3am a woman knocked at the front door to distract them so Burke could break in and rob the house. The son was chased through the house, into the back yard and he jumped over a fence to escape. The woman was hit with the sexual device which “appeared to be wrapped in such a way with duct tape to make it a better bludgeoning weapon” Sgt. Scott had said. The woman then had ran away when she could. Burke had alcohol and mental health issues and would get better treatment if granted bail. The woman who had distracted the female victim, has been granted watch-house bail to appear in court on January 29.

This would definitely be considered an Oddity news because it is a very unusual story and not something that happens normally. Usually when someone would be beaten its not with a sexual device and the criminal doesn't usually go after the house pet. This is going to affect the female victim her son for the rest of their lives. For something like that to happen to someone is awful and unforgettable. This is could a be warning story for people to be on the watch for things because anything could happen no matter how crazy it is. And anything could be used as a weapon obviously.

I think that this a something that I would expect to happen to someone. I could never picture anyone using a sexual device to beat someone with. Its just so odd, the criminals could have used a bat or pole or something, but they used something so different. I will definitely take in to consideration from now that anything can be used as a weapon. Its also just terrible to think that they killed the dog, I mean what could a dog do so bad to someone ten times its size. Burke wasn't able to kill the woman or son so he decided to kill their dog?? That's just not right. He really must have been a sick minded person. I think that this guy and the woman that helped him should be put in jail for a very long time.

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