World class criminals

Never thought I'd be proud of South Africa's crime, but you gotta hand it to this guy - he's, like, out of a movie:

He arrives at a police roadblock with an AK 47 lying on his back seat. The police spot it and he speeds off at a high clip. During the chase he smashes into 4 cars and overturns his own stolen car. Climbs out bleeding, police still hot on his tail, and quickly hijacks another car. (Hijacking of cars is totally normal down here - Mrs M's aunt has been hijacked, as was my best friend (from outide my front gate!). Basically it entails a armed man approaching you at traffic light, pointing a gun at your head and taking your car. If you're lucky they let you get out the car. If not, they take you with in the car, often putting a bullet in your head)

So anyway, our super-hero AK47 toting dude hijacks this second car, and goes roaring off with the police still on his tail. He accidentally screeches down a cul-de-sac, has nowhere to go, breaks down a garden gate, sprints across the lawn and scales a 6 foot fence (don't forget we're talking about a guy that has just had a serious car crash and is presumably still bleeding). Bottom line: "He is still at large".

Man, us South Africans really don't do things in half measures.

Full story here.