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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-my-headphone-jack? dept.

A furious Frenchman was arrested on Thursday after he marched into an Apple Store and smashed up several iPhones using a petanque [bocce] ball.

The unnamed man was captured on camera using the solid metal ball to crush the smartphones and at least one laptop.

Dressed in dark glasses and one white glove, the vandal struck in the Toison d'Or shopping centre in Dijon.

He was eventually arrested after trying to flee from security guards.

In a video of the incident shared on social media, the man declares that Apple "violates customer rights" and claims he has been refused a refund.

Footage shows the man methodically making his way round a display of iPhones and smashing them, as the shop alarm shrills in the background.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516754


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:42AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:42AM (#408697) Journal
    Doing tens of thousands of dollars in property damage is going to have consequences, even if you aren't breaking Apple's stuff. What if he smashed up the place where you live?
  • (Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:57AM

    by pvanhoof (4638) on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:57AM (#408703) Homepage

    Still better to destroy things when angry, than to destroy other human beings or animals. There are people who, when they get angry, hit people with metal objects. Latter people usually get less punishment than this guy wil get. Because, Apple.

    • (Score: 2) by nishi.b on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:36PM

      by nishi.b (4243) on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:36PM (#408759)

      Well, this is not the US. He will probably have to pay for the damages, plus a fine, and maybe a suspended sentence of a few months in jail (if it is his first offense).

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:39AM (#408714)

    What if he smashed up the place where you live?

    What, me? I'm an ugly unpopular loser who never uses social media. The police would arrest me for defending my home, and the court would give my house to the well dressed social guy. Obviously.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:20PM (#408753)

    Good thing it wasn't Galaxy Note 7s. That would have been suicide.