Hemibee
04-11-2007, 05:22 PM
This is why I believe in the death penalty
Rider decapitated by wire strung head high between two trees....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/11/wdecap11.xml
Motorcyclist decapitated by wire across path
By Malcolm Moore in Rome
Last Updated: 1:11am BST 11/04/2007
An Italian motorcyclist has been decapitated after hitting a length of barbed wire strung between two trees at head height.
Marco Badiali, 48, an engineer and a father of two sons from Modena, was taking part in a motocross expedition at the weekend in the Apennine mountains with a group of friends from the Branco Lupi motocycle club.
Police said that there were no signs to indicate the origin of the wire, which was new. A spokesman said that Mr Badiali would not have been able to see the wire, because it had been placed just beyond a ridge in the path.
One witness told the police that the wire had been deliberately placed "in order to kill".
The group, including Mr Badiali, had been going to a nearby trattoria to celebrate the purchase of a new motorbike by one of his friends.
A spokesman for the police said the owner of the land which the group was crossing was not responsible. He said that another farmer was under investigation, but declined to name him.
The group said Mr Badiali had always sought good relations with the owners of the land on which they raced.
A few years ago, he had dressed up as Father Christmas and distributed presents to the children of all the farms in the region in order to show the group's appreciation for the use of their land.
Rider decapitated by wire strung head high between two trees....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/11/wdecap11.xml
Motorcyclist decapitated by wire across path
By Malcolm Moore in Rome
Last Updated: 1:11am BST 11/04/2007
An Italian motorcyclist has been decapitated after hitting a length of barbed wire strung between two trees at head height.
Marco Badiali, 48, an engineer and a father of two sons from Modena, was taking part in a motocross expedition at the weekend in the Apennine mountains with a group of friends from the Branco Lupi motocycle club.
Police said that there were no signs to indicate the origin of the wire, which was new. A spokesman said that Mr Badiali would not have been able to see the wire, because it had been placed just beyond a ridge in the path.
One witness told the police that the wire had been deliberately placed "in order to kill".
The group, including Mr Badiali, had been going to a nearby trattoria to celebrate the purchase of a new motorbike by one of his friends.
A spokesman for the police said the owner of the land which the group was crossing was not responsible. He said that another farmer was under investigation, but declined to name him.
The group said Mr Badiali had always sought good relations with the owners of the land on which they raced.
A few years ago, he had dressed up as Father Christmas and distributed presents to the children of all the farms in the region in order to show the group's appreciation for the use of their land.