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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-12 09:50 AM
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Arrest made following burglary in which woman, 73, was 'waterboarded'
A 31-year-old man has been arrested following a burglary in which a woman was allegedly "waterboarded" inside her home.
Surrey police say 31-year-old man held in connection with robbery in which woman says she was tortured in her home

Francoise Jansen described the ordeal, which took place in St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, as "sheer hell" and said she thought she was going to die at the hands of the two masked burglars who broke into her home.

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Jansen, 73, said she attempted to press a panic button installed in her bedroom, prompting the burglars to boil a kettle and pour scalding water over her arm as punishment. She said she was also gagged, waterboarded and tied to a radiator during an assault that left her with multiple injuries.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/08/arrest-burglary-waterboard-surrey

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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-09-12 08:22 AM
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1. Pouring a kettle of boiling water on someone's arm is waterboarding?
Edited on Thu Aug-09-12 08:25 AM by No Elephants
Very painful, yes. Extremely cruel retaliation, certainly.

But waterboarding?

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