Burnt copper theft suspect lied, say cops

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Cape Town - This is the shocking image cops want all criminals who steal copper to see.

The suspected thief allegedly tried to steal copper cables from a substation in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, but was fried for his efforts.

Now, Mogamat Faeez Adams, 26, is being charged with perjury because police say he lied to them about how he got his injuries.

According to Mitchells Plain Police spokesperson Lieutenant Ian Williams, about a month ago, Adams told his family that he was petrol-bombed by gangsters in Lucannon Drive.

But upon further investigation, police discovered Adams had lied, and that he got his horrific injuries while breaking into a substation.

He was electrocuted and half of his skin was burnt off his face, chest, hands and arms, but he managed to run home, where he told his family he was attacked by thugs.

His mother reported this to Mitchells Plain police, who opened a case of attempted murder.
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More at:http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/burnt-copper-theft-suspect-lied-say-cops-2009044
 
Cape Town - This is the shocking image cops want all criminals who steal copper to see.
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Shocking indeed. Is he being charged with theft and vandalism as well?
 
i guess the govt aka us, will foot his medical bills for the next 2 years.

And he was clearly able bodied enough to work prior to his stupidity inflicted injuries.
 
He was electrocuted and half of his skin was burnt off his face, chest, hands and arms, but he managed to run home, where he told his family he was attacked by thugs.
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Electrocuted = death by electric shock.

This man must be the messiah.
 
With the amount of electricity that would have gone through him to cause the burns he has, how did he escape and still manage to run home. something does not seem right. Someone being electrocuted is not able to move or let go of the source. If it was just a shock that pushed him away, it would not have caused the injuries he has.
 
masontdk said:
With the amount of electricity that would have gone through him to cause the burns he has, how did he escape and still manage to run home. something does not seem right. Someone being electrocuted is not able to move or let go of the source. If it was just a shock that pushed him away, it would not have caused the injuries he has.
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If it was DC power, sure, but AC doesn't "hold" you.
 
masontdk said:
With the amount of electricity that would have gone through him to cause the burns he has, how did he escape and still manage to run home. something does not seem right. Someone being electrocuted is not able to move or let go of the source. If it was just a shock that pushed him away, it would not have caused the injuries he has.
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Maybe he was charged up?
 
[XC] Oj101;17431530 said:
If it was DC power, sure, but AC doesn't "hold" you.
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[QUOTE='[]AC current passing through the arm of a 68-kilogram (150 lb) human can cause powerful muscle contractions; the victim is unable to voluntarily control muscles and cannot release an electrified object.[/QUOTE]

wikipedia link
 
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masontdk said:
With the amount of electricity that would have gone through him to cause the burns he has, how did he escape and still manage to run home. something does not seem right. Someone being electrocuted is not able to move or let go of the source. If it was just a shock that pushed him away, it would not have caused the injuries he has.
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Maybe he wasn't holding on to the source in the first place so letting go would not be an issue. The involuntary muscle contractions would have thrown him from the source
 
C4Cat said:
Can be used for injury or death by electric shock
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supersunbird said:
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From wikipedia:

Electrocution is death caused by electric shock, electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death.[1] The word is also sometimes used to describe non-fatal injuries due to electricity.[2] The term "electrocution," coined about the time of the first use of the electric chair in 1890, originally referred only to electrical execution (from which it is a portmanteau word), and not to accidental or suicidal electrical deaths. However, since no English word was available for non-judicial deaths due to electric shock, the word "electrocution" eventually took over as a description of all circumstances of electrical death from the new commercial electricity. The first recorded accidental electrocution (besides lightning strikes) occurred in 1879 when a stage carpenter in Lyon, France touched a 250-volt wire.[3]
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Thanks for the correction, guess I'm outdated.
 
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