Man Shoots Wife, Mistakes Her for Monkey

[Casshew]

[size=-1] A Malaysian man shot and killed his wife after he mistook her for a monkey picking fruit in a tree behind their house, the New Straits Times said on Wednesday. [/size]

[size=-1] The man, 70, is being held by police for causing death through recklessness after he fired a shotgun at what he thought was a monkey in a mangosteen tree on Monday, the newspaper said. [/size]

[size=-1] His wife, 68, had used a ladder to climb into the tree and was picking the tropical fruit when she was shot. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, the paper said. The couple lived in central Malaysia and had raised 13 children.
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[blueclouds]

:doh: why didn't Scott think of that first. ( not meant to be offensive to Laci)

 

[Casshew]

That reminds me - I better not climb any more trees till I wax

 

[blueclouds]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww too much information Cass.

 

[deputylinda]

i get so tired of that shopworn old excuse..."gee officer, i thought she was a monkey"...they ALL say that! ...right, and you buddy, are the coconut...assume the position.