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Bats no match for fruit bazooka
THREE mischievous teenagers used a fruit-firing bazooka in a Melbourne park, endangering a colony of protected bats, a court was told today.The trio used the 2m homemade weapon to fire oranges at a colony of grey-headed flying foxes at Yarra Bend Park, in Melbourne's east. But the shots were heard by a group of golfers who dobbed the young men in. The teenagers sat sheepishly in Heidelberg Magistrates Court today as their solicitor Andrew Robinson pleaded with the magistrate to let them off lightly, saying: "Boys do what boys do." Jonathon Welst, 19, of Kew, Alexander Tulloch, 18, of Templestowe, and Samuel Hall, 18, of Balwyn, faced seven charges including disturbing wildlife, and six charges under the Victorian Firearms Act. Posted by: Oztralian 2006-06-28 |
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