警察劝爱尔兰笨贼改行

　　DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have told a man dubbedIrelandsdumbest crook to give up his disastrous criminal careerbefore itgets the better of him.

　　据路透社11月27日报道，在爱尔兰有这样一个屡教不改的盗窃犯，他每次行窃都会闹出大笑话，以至于被人们冠以“爱尔兰最笨的贼”的不雅称号，该国警方最近对此人发出了忠告，希望他能尽快结束自己那糟糕而愚蠢的犯罪生涯。

　　The unnamed man in his 30s has been arrested three times andeachheist has brought him closer to the hereafter.

　　这位现年30多岁且未被公布姓名的男子曾因偷盗行为被警方逮捕过3次，而每次作案都使得他离死神又靠近了一步。

　　Police took the man into custody and to the hospital attheweekend after he was hit by a lorry while making a getaway fromabetting shop robbery, the Irish Sun reported. 　　此人在上周末因与朋友打赌而去一家商店行窃，在逃跑时被一辆卡车撞倒，警方先是将其拘捕，然后又把他送进了医院。

　　He has also been plucked from a chimney where he becamestuckwhile trying to burgle a house, and from the ceiling of abankwhere he was pinned by a security device. When they arrived atthebank he was dangling by one leg and stuffing cash intohisunderpants.

　　此前，他在潜入一所住宅企图行窃时曾被困在了一座烟囱里，后被他人救出。而在另外一次溜进一家银行偷盗时，他被安全装置固定在了天花板上动弹不得，当警方赶到案发现场时，他一边在空中摇晃着自己的一条腿，一边往内裤里塞钞票。