2 years in prison for guard who failed to stop teddy bear invasion
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - A Belarusian court has handed out a two-year prison sentence to a border guard who failed to protect the ex-Soviet nation from foreign teddy bears.
Belarus Supreme Court said Monday the guard has been convicted of failure to report an intrusion of a light plane that dropped hundreds of teddy bears decked out in parachutes and slogans supporting human rights over the tightly controlled country of 10 million. The court wouldn't give his name or rank.
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed "Europe's last dictator" in the West, already sacked several top defense officials over the July 4 incident, in which two Swedish advertising agency employees piloted a light plane into Belarus' heavily guarded airspace in a show of support for Belarusian human rights activists.
Belarus Supreme Court said Monday the guard has been convicted of failure to report an intrusion of a light plane that dropped hundreds of teddy bears decked out in parachutes and slogans supporting human rights over the tightly controlled country of 10 million. The court wouldn't give his name or rank.
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed "Europe's last dictator" in the West, already sacked several top defense officials over the July 4 incident, in which two Swedish advertising agency employees piloted a light plane into Belarus' heavily guarded airspace in a show of support for Belarusian human rights activists.
In furter news he will have 3 hots and cot which way more than his gaurd wages ever paid for.But saddly he is still in Belarus. :>(
there are child rapists who get less time then this...wtf
Seriously?
The Invasion Of The Teddy Bears. Could be a sequel to Ted. ;)
Sensationalized headline by Associated Press. Â Journalism just rolled over in it's grave (again)
He was convicted for failure to report an intrusion of a light plane into Belarus' heavily guarded airspace