October 22, 2009

WHIPPING HUSBANDS INTO SHAPE Most Bruneians want husbands who cheat on their wives to be whipped, according to a recent survey in the Muslim-majority country. The survey, conducted by brudirect.com, found 76% of 272 respondents said men should be whipped for having affairs while only 55% said unfaithful wives should be treated the same.

HE CRASHED FOR CASH A Briton who cost the insurance industry some 1.6 million pounds by staging almost 100 car crashes as part of a scam to win fraudulent payouts, was jailed for 4-1/2 years yesterday. Mohammed Patel, 24, charged 500 pounds a time to stage accidents which enabled fraudsters to claim an average of 17,000 pounds from their insurers.