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| $50,000 bribe offered over $3.80 ticket | |
| 2008-12-22 | |
| AN international student offered police $50,000 to "forget what happened" when he was caught on a Brisbane train without a ticket, which would have cost just $3.80. Jehoiachin Onyins Ogbe, 25, ended up on bribery charges for offering police $50,000 after they caught him evading a $3.80 train fare, The Courier-Mail reports. As he was also found to have overstayed a student visa will also be deported from the country, the Brisbane District Court heard today.
While en-route to the Caboolture Watchhouse Ogbe began kicking the van walls so violently the vehicle momentarily lost traction, with the police officer driving forced to correct the steering wheel. After being placed inside a holding cell the Nigerian man insisted he was an American FBI agent, and began hitting his head against the cell door, prompting police to transfer him to a padded cell. During the transfer the man bit a police officer on the wrist, breaking the skin and drawing blood, Mr Ashen said. Once in the padded cell the defendant offered police $50,000 to release him and drop the charges, the court was told. Ogbe yesterday pleaded guilty to a raft of charges including seriously assaulting police, wilful damage, travelling without paying a fare and bribery. The court heard the bitten police officer endured months of ongoing "emotional problems" as he waited for a blood test to clear him of serious infection. Judge Terrence Martin, SC, told Ogbe he had learned a "very expensive lesson" and jailed him for six months. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 He was probably more worried about the HIV. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-12-22 23:40 |
| #5 "as he waited for a blood test to clear him of serious infection." I wouldn't have waited months after being bitten by a rabid dog. Lucky he made it. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-12-22 13:14 |
| #4 Umm no that only works when spelled IN CAPITAL LETTERS |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2008-12-22 11:49 |
| #3 PsssstÂ…OfficersÂ…whatÂ’s it gonna take to make thisÂ…uhemÂ…little matter go away? HereÂ’s the gigÂ…my father is General OgbeÂ…he was a head honcho in the Nigerian airforce and has millions in his bank account. But the pricks at the bank have had it tied up for the last six months. Now if he was to transferÂ…say...fifty largeÂ…into your bank account all you would have to do isÂ…ummÂ…pay a small fee to cover the transfer costs and attorney's fees. All we need is a blank letterhead with your bank account numbers and personal identification information. And badda-bingÂ…we can get this rolling. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-12-22 11:10 |
| #2 darwin award contestant? |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2008-12-22 11:02 |
| #1 After being placed inside a holding cell the Nigerian man insisted he was an American FBI agent, and began hitting his head against the cell Spam content is 0 percent |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-22 10:06 |