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A rundown of weird crimes and comical crooks from across the globe

For as long as there has been civilisation, there has been crime. Fortunately, as civilisation has evolved through the centuries, the weird and wacky ways in which criminals have tried to get something for nothing has not. From getting caught red-handed to failing in the most slapstick of ways, the world has never been fuller of hapless crooks and comedic capers.

It wasn't just a simple case of mistaken identity that lead to one Baltimore man being locked up, as a student was recently given probation for repeatedly ramming his car into another driver's automobile. His reason? He thought that he was federal agent Jack Bauer from hit US TV show '24', and that his victim was a wanted international terrorist on the run. Though there were no TV cameras rolling at the time, sometimes fantasy and fiction can get mixed up in the heat of the crime, which was bad news for another British burglar. Wearing nothing but a thong, presumably to avoid leaving clues, the man almost made off with his haul undetected, if it wasn't for a video he had made of himself committing the crime that, hilariously, he left behind at the scene.

Sometimes it is the most innocuous of objects that can lead to the most bizarre reasons for arrest though, like a chocolate bar. Out for a jog one morning, a South Shields resident was 'attacked' by a Mars Bar as it was hurled at him from a passing car. Fortunately his assailant was brought to justice, but they were not the only person to be arrested for using food as a weapon. A Florida woman was brought to court accused of beating a man with a large piece of raw meat. Police say the 53-year-old women was trying to teach the man a lesson by repeatedly slapping him over the head with the steak, after he said he wanted a roll instead of a slice of bread.

Despite ingenuity, some criminals just get unlucky, like the Swedish crooks who stole dozens of left-footed shoes from a boutique in Stockholm. Baffled by the seemingly pointless crime, it wasn't until clues lead the police to look as far as Denmark, where shops traditionally display the right-footed shoe, that the master plan was foiled. Speaking of bad luck, when thieves stole a van in Wuppertal, Germany, they probably didn't bargain on it having an unseen passenger in the backseat; Caesar five-year-old circus lion.

Boozy blonde Jennifer Bruce from Aberdeen may regret slipping off the wagon as, after drinking a 'ridiculous amount of alcohol' she succumbed to a dare and went on a naked streak through her local supermarket. From wishing they'd kept their clothes on to wishing they'd simply left them well alone, one man in Kuala Lumpar was chased down the street and attacked by a crowd of shop workers after being caught stealing just one pair of mens jeans .

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