No greater love…: beyond bars, beyond reason, beyond the grave
Everybody loves a good prison story. From old movies like ‘Colditz’ to modern versions of ‘The Prisoner’, we like these hard luck tales of brutality and the ways that brave and clever men deal with life behind bars.
In fact, while most people in real life tend to grumble about prisons being soft and sentences not nearly harsh enough, when it comes to the world of make-believe, most of us root for those prisoners to beat the system and even hope they escape.
So, let’s start with yet another prison story here - but one with a difference. This one is not about macho thugs or great escapes. It’s…; well, read for yourself. This one is actually quite hard to believe:
A jail was broken into to supply a transvestite lag with women’s clothes, it was revealed yesterday. Officers found knickers, ball gowns and denim skirts in a burglary convict’s cell, along with drugs and mobile phones.
An accomplice on the outside used a ladder to scale the 20ft perimeter wall, making regular break-ins. The hauls were sold to fellow cons at £600 a time – but the contraband was found last Friday after officers were tipped off.
A source at Everthorpe Prison said:
“Officers couldn’t believe their eyes when they found all this women’s clothing – including ball gowns obviously smuggled to order. The racket is believed to have been going for six months.”
Another insider at the 690-inmate jail in Brough, East Yorks, said:
“The accomplice would climb the perimeter wall on a ladder and pull it over to use to climb down. He’d walk across the yard with the ladder, use it to bridge gaps, then climb up to the cell window. The bars had been pulled apart with a crowbar and some sort of dummy grille had been inserted which could be easily removed.”
Talking about criminals with a thing for women’s clothes, here’s another quite remarkable story about a man with a strange kind of hobby, or fixation - or whatever:
Neil and Jane Medley seemed to have it all. Two children, a luxury lifestyle and a Ferrari in the drive. However when she discovered they were facing legal action to evict them from their Yorkshire home, an angry Mrs Medley sold her husband’s personalised number plate MED575.
In revenge Mr Medley, 46, turned his attention to his wife’s wardrobe, a court heard.
She found he had taken one shoe from every pair she owned. About $18,000 worth of clothes had also vanished.
Neighbours alleged they saw Mr Medley carrying clothes to an incinerator.
Oh, and if you think this was rather bizarre, wait till you hear what Mr Medley is doing these days to make a living:
Prosecutor Georgina Coade said Medley, now an insolvency expert, was convicted by magistrates last year of criminal damage to ballgowns, shoes and clothes. He is appealing against the convictions.
I suppose we should be happy enough he didn’t become a marriage councelor.
Of course, not every relationship ends badly. Some of us are lucky enough to find true love. Enough to last us a life time - and then some.
Talk about a love beyond the grave…:
A pet dog missed the family’s dead cat so much that he dug up his grave and brought the body back into the house.
His owners, Robert Bell, 73, and his wife, Mavis, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, woke up the next morning they discovered the dog curled up beside Arthur, the late cat, in his basket.
Oscar, an 18-month-old Lancashire Heeler, had watched Mr Bell dig a grave in the garden and then lower the cat into the hole. Mr Bell said:
“He had managed to climb out through the cat flap in the night, obviously with the intent to get Arthur back. Bearing in mind that Arthur was a huge cat, Oscar must have used all the strength he could muster.
“Then he pulled him into the basket and went to sleep next to him. Arthur’s coat was gleaming white. Oscar had obviously licked him clean. It must have taken him nearly all night.”
Arthur is now reburied in a secure grave. And Oscar has a new playmate, a kitten called Limpet.
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