PERTH: A hapless teenage thief who allegedly broke into a Perth shop to steal sweets was arrested after a receipt spike sliced through his hand, police said Monday. The 16-year-old and two others allegedly forced their way into the store Sunday evening but as the boy tried to jump over the front counter he impaled himself on the spike. “One of the offenders, a 16-year-old boy, has impaled his left hand on the spike which has proceeded all the way through his hand and right out the other side,” police spokesman Sergeant Gerry Cassidy told reporters. The trio fled the scene, mostly with sweets, and went straight to the nearest hospital, where police later arrested them. They were charged with aggravated burglary. – Agence France
