Man Killed By Oncoming Traffic When Shoved By Ironing Board From Pub

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/31/pub-landlord-jailed-for-killing-customer-with-ironing-board

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The court heard Hickox was an American gambler who, while giving the appearance of being a homeless tramp, had access to large amounts of money.

 

Among the possessions he carried around in blue plastic bags were two tennis racquets and two ornamental mice, which he would place in front of him in pubs and talk to.

 

The “scruffy and unkempt” drifter, who had a talent for calculating the odds, had been at the Wolsey earlier on 7 September last year to buy three bottles of fine Italian wine at £65 each.

 

Notarki had switched the wine for a cheaper vintage before ejecting Hickox from the bar of the smart gastropub and hotel, jurors were told.

 

When the victim realised the Visa card he used to pay for the wine was missing, he went back with a tennis racquet in each hand to demand it back, having told his companions he might “have to crack some ribs to get it”.

 

The victim pushed the landlord using one of the racquets and then ran off, pursued by Notarki carrying an ironing board, and his son Kian wielding an iron bar.

 

As he was being chased outside the pub, a witness described Hickox as looking terrified and “running for his life”.

 

The court heard that Hickox was estranged from his family in the US but was described by a friend in Britain as an intelligent man.

Again proof life is stranger than fiction...

  On 8/3/2015 at 8:33 PM, Joyrex said:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/31/pub-landlord-jailed-for-killing-customer-with-ironing-board

 

 

 

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The court heard Hickox was an American gambler who, while giving the appearance of being a homeless tramp, had access to large amounts of money.

 

Among the possessions he carried around in blue plastic bags were two tennis racquets and two ornamental mice, which he would place in front of him in pubs and talk to.

 

The “scruffy and unkempt” drifter, who had a talent for calculating the odds, had been at the Wolsey earlier on 7 September last year to buy three bottles of fine Italian wine at £65 each.

 

Notarki had switched the wine for a cheaper vintage before ejecting Hickox from the bar of the smart gastropub and hotel, jurors were told.

 

When the victim realised the Visa card he used to pay for the wine was missing, he went back with a tennis racquet in each hand to demand it back, having told his companions he might “have to crack some ribs to get it”.

 

The victim pushed the landlord using one of the racquets and then ran off, pursued by Notarki carrying an ironing board, and his son Kian wielding an iron bar.

 

As he was being chased outside the pub, a witness described Hickox as looking terrified and “running for his life”.

 

The court heard that Hickox was estranged from his family in the US but was described by a friend in Britain as an intelligent man.

 

Again proof life is stranger than fiction...

sometimes anyway.

you know you've been visiting liveleak too much when a title like "Man Killed By Oncoming Traffic When Shoved By Ironing Board From Pub" makes you expect a video in the thread.

I always think it's funny how people call the owner of a pub the "landlord". In my mind that's the person you rent your room/house from.

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