[mickey27]

A domestic worker discovered a suspected housebreaker's body hanging from the palisade fence at the house where she is employed.

16 January 2013 | Chemélle Barnard

The year had a bleak start for a suspected housebreaker who accidentally hung himself on a palisade fence, apparently when he tried to prevent being caught.

In the early hours of this morning (16 January) a domestic worker made a gruesome discovery when she arrived at the residence where she is employed.

According to a friend of the homeowner, the worker arrived at the residence at around 7am to find a man hanging by his throat on the palisade spikes, also known as the Devil's Fork.

"I suspect the man to be around 40 or 50 years of age and it seems that he was running from another house or location, where he might have broken in, and attempted to hide in the bush.

"Apparently he tried to jump over the palisade fence when he fell into the palisade spikes," said a Krugersdorp SAPS police officer present on the scene.

The family friend told the NEWS that the owners left for work earlier in the morning and did not see the intruder as the section of the fence where he was hanging from was in the corner of the front yard with a Red Bignonia climber obstructing the view.

The domestic worker was in a state of severe shock after witnessing the unexpected scene.

[FrightRat]

With that title, I thought the intruder was stabbed to death with some kind of big sharp fork.

[Shylock]

[Audioguru]

One less asshole on the planet

[Faline]

[imbok]

I have no sympathy for this douchebag. In fact, I think it's kind of fitting that he had to die suffering because of his own stupidity. I he'd not made the choice to rob someone else of their property, he'd still be alive. so fuck him

[Sharon]

Ah well

[Marser]

I guess those forks are meant for that, to prevent intruders from getting over the fence

[Spiffyfable]

They should leave him hanging there as a Warning to Others

[lutherieguy]

i need human size glue traps :)

works for rats!