Friday, May 23, 2008

Man claimes he was affected by bite of spider when he kidnapped, drugged and raped a teenager


Australia - A man who claimed he was affected by the bite of a funnel web spider when he kidnapped, drugged and raped a teenager was today handed an extra four years in jail. Phillip Ronald Spiers abducted the 18-year-old checkout operator outside a Maitland supermarket in 1997, pushing her into his car boot. He threatened her with a knife, drugged her and bound her with duct tape before raping and robbing her. He left the woman - who was paralysed with fear - bound and gagged in her own car boot for several hours before alerting her family. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - 1-800-PetMeds