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Man stabbed friend wearing 'stab-proof vest'
Tony Blais, QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:25 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:48 PM EST
EDMONTON - It would have been a Darwin Award winner if the victim hadn't managed to survive, but it is still a sure-fire candidate for the dumb and dumber category.
An Edmonton man pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal negligence causing bodily harm for stabbing a friend who was wearing a supposed stab-proof vest.
Court heard the victim had been bragging about the vest and invited the friend to stab him, but the vest didn't work as advertised and the victim, Justin Harder, 18, was rushed to hospital with a wound to the chest and received life-saving emergency surgery.
Calvin Clackson, 21, was handed an "extremely charitable" six-month jail sentence for the Oct. 15, 2012, stabbing.
Judge Michael Allen noted that stabbing someone in the heart area, even if the person is wearing protection, is a "dangerous activity" and said Clackson "unwisely" took up Harder's invitation to stab him.
"This is a serious event, this stabbing," said Allen. "I don't care that the victim was stupid . . . acting stupidly. This could have been a death."
Crown prosecutor Mark Huyser-Wierenga told court that Clackson and a girlfriend had gone to visit Harder at his apartment to test out Harder’s “stab-proof” vest.
Court heard that while the vest-clad Harder "stood firm," Clackson launched an "overhand swing" at him with a folding knife he was armed with.
"Unfortunately, the vest didn't work and the knife went through the vest and into the chest cavity and Mr. Harder was seriously injured," said Huyser-Wierenga.
Clackson's girlfriend called 911and Clackson fled the scene, court heard.
Court heard Clackson was nabbed by police while trying to cash a forged cheque at a Money Mart.
Defence lawyer Akram Attia told court that Clackson and Harder were good friends .
"Stupidity ran deep that night in respect to both Mr. Clackson and his friend," said Attia. "They both believed that no harm would come from it."
Man stabbed friend wearing 'stab-proof vest' | Weird | News | Toronto Sun
Tony Blais, QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:25 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:48 PM EST
EDMONTON - It would have been a Darwin Award winner if the victim hadn't managed to survive, but it is still a sure-fire candidate for the dumb and dumber category.
An Edmonton man pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal negligence causing bodily harm for stabbing a friend who was wearing a supposed stab-proof vest.
Court heard the victim had been bragging about the vest and invited the friend to stab him, but the vest didn't work as advertised and the victim, Justin Harder, 18, was rushed to hospital with a wound to the chest and received life-saving emergency surgery.
Calvin Clackson, 21, was handed an "extremely charitable" six-month jail sentence for the Oct. 15, 2012, stabbing.
Judge Michael Allen noted that stabbing someone in the heart area, even if the person is wearing protection, is a "dangerous activity" and said Clackson "unwisely" took up Harder's invitation to stab him.
"This is a serious event, this stabbing," said Allen. "I don't care that the victim was stupid . . . acting stupidly. This could have been a death."
Crown prosecutor Mark Huyser-Wierenga told court that Clackson and a girlfriend had gone to visit Harder at his apartment to test out Harder’s “stab-proof” vest.
Court heard that while the vest-clad Harder "stood firm," Clackson launched an "overhand swing" at him with a folding knife he was armed with.
"Unfortunately, the vest didn't work and the knife went through the vest and into the chest cavity and Mr. Harder was seriously injured," said Huyser-Wierenga.
Clackson's girlfriend called 911and Clackson fled the scene, court heard.
Court heard Clackson was nabbed by police while trying to cash a forged cheque at a Money Mart.
Defence lawyer Akram Attia told court that Clackson and Harder were good friends .
"Stupidity ran deep that night in respect to both Mr. Clackson and his friend," said Attia. "They both believed that no harm would come from it."
Man stabbed friend wearing 'stab-proof vest' | Weird | News | Toronto Sun
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(13 July 1997, Virginia) Eric A. Barcia, a 22-year-old Reston, VA resident, was found dead yesterday after he used bungee cords to jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle, police said.
The fast food worker taped a number of bungee cords together and strapped one end around his foot. Barcia had the foresight to anchor the other end to the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, and he even remembered to measure the length of the bungee cords to make sure that they were a few feet short of the 70 foot drop. He proceeded to fall headfirst from the trestle, and hit the pavement 70 feet below several seconds later.
Fairfax County police said "The stretched length of the cord that he had assembled was greater than the distance between the trestle and the ground." Perhaps the deceased fast food worker should have stuck to the line, "Do you want fries with that?"
Guy patienly waits for elevator and gets on said elevator..flv - YouTube
Well, it's always best if these dopes take themselves out of the gene pool before they have kids but it is
always good to get them out anytime....
Whatever happened to the elevator fellow?
You guys should watch "Funny Video Accidents" Compilation #1 (which shows up as a choice after the elevator video ends). Some choice Darwinisms there!
Crows you give them those Fizz candies. They get bloated and can't burp, fart or fly. It's really very amusing to see them panic.I might have been tempted to do the same thing had it been a crow.
I might have been tempted to do the same thing had it been a crow.
You'd have fallen on the tracks? Lol.
As much as I truly hate those annoying birds, I couldn't do that.
Nope. Since I am not British, I would have come towards it from the other side, and therefore would have fallen back towards the platform.
I can. Do they nest in your neighbour's tree and caw at 4:30AM when it gets light in summer?
No, but we have probably well over 100 000 nesting here during the winter. But, according to our esteemed City Council, they're not a problem.
Men with wisdom have been dead and buried to the last one for some time. Can you imagine what the world would really be like if idiots weren't already running it?
Not as amusing as seeing you *** up in front of a Judge on multiple counts of cruelty to small animals. Good thing it is the mods job to turn you in.
