The BBC‘s most popular stories today include one from AP about two robbers who held up a jewelry store in Madison, Wisconsin in the US and got away – but only for a minute. They were then held up by two other thieves in the street, a fight broke out, followed by a car chase. Police caught up with and arrested four men, but found no goods were found and they are now looking for more suspects. Madison’s police have been keeping busy: they’ve just completed a $35,000 two-week sting operation dubbed “Frigidaire” because it involved a maintenance man stealing 19 Frigidaire sinks, 24 refrigerators and 13 air room conditioneres from condominiums being renovated. He was selling them at a good discount on the black market.
Fribourg, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A court in Fribourg 17 March sentenced six youths for their part in a gang rape case that is one of a series of crimes in three locations over several months. The crimes include assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, theft and refusing to come to the aid of an injured person, a handicapped man.
Lucie Trezzini's funeral mass will take place 16 March in Fribourg
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss media continue to turn over the murder case of a 16-year-old from Fribourg, beaten and murdered in Argovie 4 March, in an effort to understand why her presumed murderer, a repeat offender, was not considered a high-risk case.
Police in Aargau, where the young woman died, held a press conference 12 March and said the circumstances are now clear and the man, who has confessed to the crime, says he did it because he wanted to return to prison.
Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A driver and his passenger were uninjured when a plastic pole, used to mark the roads in snowy conditions, crashed through their car window on the A1.
A British man and woman in the thirties have been found guilty and sentenced to three months in jail each for an encounter they say involved only kissing and hugging on a beach in Dubai, after they met at a champagne party in Dubai. A judge found them guilty of having unmarried sex; the charges could have resulted in a sentence of six years each. BBC
