http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged wheelchair en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 14:01:39 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/sports/hooligans-riot-at-wheelchair-basketball-game/ Riot police used tear gas to disperse fighting fans - during a wheelchair basketball game in Turkey. Violence broke out after fans chanted obscene slogans at each other during the game between rivals Galatasary and Besiktas. A court invasion had already caused a half-hour delay before the game started at the Ahmet Comert Sports Hall in Istanbul, reports the Daily Telegraph. Galatasaray were leading 31-26 when the referees suspended the game, six minutes from ... ]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:18:20 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/sports/hooligans-riot-at-wheelchair-basketball-game/ http://www.wtfnews.org/sports/police-nab-wheelchair-perv-snapping-up-skirts-of-v8-grid-girls/ PERVERT in a wheelchair faces a nationwide ban from V8 Supercars circuits after being caught snapping photos up the skirts of grid girls. Police detained and ejected the male from yesterday's Sydney 500 season finale at Olympic Park, following complaints from four models. Speaking on behalf of the models, Becky Lamb - the partner of championship driver Fabian Coulthard - said the girls were disgusted over the incident. It occurred about three hours before the 3pm ... ]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:07:56 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/sports/police-nab-wheelchair-perv-snapping-up-skirts-of-v8-grid-girls/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/kfc-wheel-thru/ For the true fatty in you! ]]> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:52:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/kfc-wheel-thru/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/beatles-fans-need-wheelchairs-judges-rule/ How times change. Beatles’ fans, once a byword for love, freedom and youthful abandon, are now in the market for wheelchairs, according to European judges. ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:57:40 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/beatles-fans-need-wheelchairs-judges-rule/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/wheelchair-bound-meth-addict-jailed-for-10-years-after-sexual-assault-on-chihuahua/ A CALIFORNIAN man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for choking and sexually assaulting a chihuahua, and must now register as a sex offender. Sacramento prosecutors said Robert Edwards De Shields, who is confined to a wheelchair, was convicted last month of the crimes against the eight-month-old chihuahua mix living with the family of the South Sacramento home where he rented a living space. He was high on methamphetamine at the time of the attack. I... ]]> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:43:04 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/wheelchair-bound-meth-addict-jailed-for-10-years-after-sexual-assault-on-chihuahua/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/drunk-hits-norway-highway-in-wheelchair/ AN 84-year-old man, visibly under the influence of alcohol, has been arrested in Norway after driving the wrong way down a highway in his electric wheelchair. The man took to the road on Saturday evening near his home in the southern Norwegian town of Porsgrunn, police said. He passed through a 184-metre tunnel then turned around and took the same tunnel again before being stopped by two motorists. They called traffic police, who confiscated the man's driver... ]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:26:44 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/drunk-hits-norway-highway-in-wheelchair/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/sweden-wheelchair-bound-thieves-tracked-in-snow/ POLICE nabbed a trio of thieves in southern Sweden after they used wheelchairs as getaway vehicles but literally forgot to cover their tracks. Ttwo men and a woman allegedly cleaned out two basement storage areas of an apartment, Swedish news website The Local reported, citing the Kvallsposten newspaper. Police caught up with them after they followed tracks in the snow left by two of the wheelchair-bound suspects. "People had seen them at the spot, but ... ]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:22:55 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/sweden-wheelchair-bound-thieves-tracked-in-snow/