Vibrator Thief Caged

If you were going to commit an "armed" robbery, and didn't have a gun, what would you use instead? (KIDS! DO NOT try this at home - or anywhere!). Chances are, you'd find something around the house that looked slightly gun-like, and use that.

Whatever you chose, it would almost certainly be more suitable than the item picked by Nicki Jex, of Braunstone, Leicester, when he set out to rob his local Ladbrokes bookmakers. Jex, who was jailed for 5 years this week, grabbed his girlfriend's vibrator and concealed it in a carrier bag, then pretended it was a gun.

I don't think I've ever heard of a more unusual use for a sex toy! The BBC News article covering the hearing doesn't go into details, so we don't get to find out what kind of vibrator it was, but, unless it's of a pretty unusual design, you can bet it doesn't look very much like a weapon. Well, ok, not very much like a gun, anyway.

Nor does the article say whether Jex got a buzz out of it, or whether his girlfriend got her toy back after he was arrested. It's to be hoped so, since, after his cock-up with the vibe, she's going to be without his services for a while.

Billy Seggars.