A man plunged feet first into a fish tank after he fell through a pet
shop skylight in the early hours of the morning.
Initially thought to be a burglar, the man was arrested at about 3am on
Sunday in an alleyway near to Aqua Pets in Tolworth southwest London
after police spotted his sodden trousers. Peter Hunt, the owner of Aqua Pets, said: “Unfortunately he ran across
our flat roof which has a fiberglass lighting partition. He fell
straight through and ended up in a 3ft x 3ft fish tank. The fish are
alright but the guy was arrested and taken to Kingston nick where he
slept the night. It was a miracle he didn’t kill himself.” He said the
fish tank contained tropical fish, including angel fish, parrot fish,
rainbow fish and kissing guaramis.
But he said: “No piranhas. That would have been a good story.” The man
scrambled out of the tank and up through the glass roof where he was
confronted by the store’s manager who lives above the shop and was woken
by the crack of breaking glass. Manager Matthew Toner declined to add
to the man’s embarrassment by describing him. He said: “I saw a big hole
where there used to be a roof. I ran down and saw a pair of legs going
through the roof.
“He told me he was trying to find his house and that he lived next door. He
has admitted he was stupid and is coming in to apologize with us. I
don’t want to rub it in.” Detective Inspector Justin Howick said: “He
was given a caution for criminal damage. He has caused a reasonably
significant amount of damage to the roof and was reckless in so doing
but clearly not a burglar. I can’t remember too many people falling
through a roof into a fish tank.”
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