13 th Omen!

[Gob]

The actor who played Damien in the film The Omen has been sentenced for a road rage attack - on Friday the 13th.



Harvey Spencer Stephens, 46, lashed out at two cyclists after getting out of his car following a dispute on 21 August last year, a court heard.



He admitted two counts of ABH and causing criminal damage in the attack on Toys Hill, near Westerham, Kent.

Stephens, of High Street, Edenbridge, was handed a suspended prison sentence at Maidstone Crown Court.

The 46-year-old sprang to fame playing the role of devil child Damien Thorn in the Oscar-winning cult horror film alongside stars including Gregory Peck.

The film became one of the highest grossing of 1976, raking in about £50m at the box office.

Stephens later went on to work in the City after finishing school.

In court, prosecutor Kieran Brand described how Stephens started sounding his horn when two riders, Mark Richardson and Alex Manley, were side-by-side on the road as one overtook the other.

Mr Richardson flicked his middle finger at Stephens, who then overtook the pair and pulled over.

Mr Brand said Stephens punched Mr Richardson, knocking him unconscious, prompting Mr Manley to intervene.

Stephens responded by asking Mr Manley: "You want some do you?" before punching him twice, causing him to fall on his back.

Stephens held him down and punched him six or seven times, causing dental injuries and damaging his helmet, Mr Brand said.

Defence counsel Ben Irwin said Stephens, who had no previous convictions, pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and accepted he "behaved poorly".

Judge Martin Joy sentenced him to 12 months jail, suspended for two years, for the ABH charges. He was given two months, suspended for two years, for the criminal damage charge.

He said: "This was undoubtedly a serious case of road-rage and quite clearly it has had an ongoing affect on the victims."

[RayThom]

What the devil? It makes you wonder what got into this guy.

[Gob]

This beats it!!

in a bizarre Friday-the-13th coincidence, a flight bearing the number of the beast went straight to HEL today.



That’s right. Finnair Flight 666 took off from Copenhagen (CPH) and flew directly to Helsinki (HEL) on Friday.

Even better? The flight took off at 13:00 local time, according to Flightaware. The one-hour, 34-minute flight landed at HEL at 3:41 p.m. Helsinki time.

And it gets even wackier.

The Twitter account @Flightradar24, which tracks air traffic around the world, even pointed out the aircraft is 13 years old, according to its registration and serial number.

It may be less of a coincidence and more of a brilliant move by someone (who needs a raise) in Finnair's scheduling department. Either way, it's a fascinating alignment of oddities.

Next on the agenda: Dig through the list of ticketed passengers to find out if anyone named Jason was on Flight 666 on Friday the 13th.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/crazy-bu ... /385820638

[liberty]

I think the bicyclists should be charged with stupidity. They were riding bicycles that weight what fifty pounds and wanted to insult some stranger that was driving car that could have weighed two thousand pounds. The stranger could have been crazy and run them over, killing and or crippling them both.

I would have just pulled over to the side and let him pass.

[Joe Guy]

No doubt the bike riders deserved it. They're all evil and selfish and think they own the road.

[liberty]

No doubt the bike riders deserved it. They're all evil and selfish and think they own the road.

I ride a bike, but in the service I was trained in safety. I still remember basically what the instructor said. He said something like never forget the size difference. You are small and he (talking about cars and trucks) is big and can smash you, be smart and be courteous.

[Bicycle Bill]

No doubt the bike riders deserved it. They're all evil and selfish and think they own the road.

Actually, we own just as much of the road as you jack-wagons in your 2-ton pick-'m-up trucks do.


-"BB"-

[Gob]

Wut?