Man electrocuted by DIY mole-killer
`A German pensioner who wired up a high-voltage cable to try to wipe out the moles digging up his garden killed himself instead.
Uwe Werner, police spokesman in Stralsund north of Berlin, said the 63-year-old retired construction foreman was found dead in the garden of his weekend house in Zingst next to a 380-volt cable and metal spikes rammed into the ground.
“The moles survived,” Mr Werner said, noting the voltage was enough to run a cement mixer or heavy-duty power saw. “It was in any event an unorthodox method to try to get rid of moles.”‘
January 17th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
well it’s better than a hard old kick in the nutts..right?
January 17th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Being electrocuted to death is better than a kick in the nuts? Maybe. 🙂