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    Post Man faces jail term in Iloilo for theft of electric wire

    ILOILO CITY, Philippines--A 50-year-old man caught stealing 30 meters of electric wire from the city's lights system is now facing charges that could land him a prison term of up to 20 years. Loreto P...

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    oh well,at least he will learn to dance lol


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    now facing charges that could land him a prison term of up to 20 years.
    I bet that gave him a shock.


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    20 years for stealing some wire? Are they bonkers or what? Was it even him?

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    I'd have hung him with it
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    Quote Originally Posted by nigel View Post
    20 years for stealing some wire? Are they bonkers or what? Was it even him?

    The stealing of copper wire is endemic, they have to stop it somehow.
    Life might depend on electricity carried by it.
    What if they short circuit a substation serving a wing in a hospital...? Or traffic lights at a busy crossroads...?


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