Female Twins In An All-Girl Gang Acquitted Because No One Could Tell Who Did What
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4:30PM, Sunday September 13th 2009
Australians Courtney and Amelia Prentice—19-year-old twins who look like bad-ass versions of Lauren Conrad—used to be part of an all-girl gang that spent a lot of time getting drunk and roaming the streets looking for fights. Last year, the group encountered two chicks on the beach and beat the crap out of them, knocking them to the ground, punching them, and yelling “Stab them! Stab them!” repeatedly before taking all their money. When the police rolled up at the twins’ house to arrest them, one of the girls punched an officer, so the whole arrest had to go down at gunpoint. Still, this week in court, the girls were sentenced to 18 months of probation instead of jail time. Why couldn’t the judge stick them with a worse punishment? Because the twins looks so darn much alike, no one could tell “who did what” during the fight. Ditto for the punching of the police officer.
The twins say that the whole ordeal has really shaken them up and that now they’ve done a 180. They’re going to college and spending a lot of time caring for their ailing mother. But some people in the community are skeptical. Aussie residents of their beachy town are seeing more and more random acts of violence in public places. I expect this kind of thing from drunk dudes but, really, a gang of girly brawlers!? Have some class. [News AU]
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xifeng882
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 04:02 pm: [report]
I begged my mother for a sister. All I got were brothers… Oh the possibilities of having a look-a-like. All the things I could have done… Shame
AChanceAtHeaven
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 04:28 pm: [report]
I can confirm that they’ve ‘turned a 180’. A 180mm, that is.
mrfunny107
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 04:41 pm: [report]
this just brings to mind the old adage “I don’t know how worms reproduce, but they often come in pears.”
canadiancutie
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 04:57 pm: [report]
LOL! This reminds me of that Mena Suvari movie with the cheerleaders who rob a bank.
Lilypie
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 05:32 pm: [report]
Sounds like they both were in need of a little jail time. As the judge I would have threatened both with the combined sentences for whatever the two of them had done unless they fessed up to who was responsible for what.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 07:16 pm: [report]
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! OI! OI! OI!
retro chic
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 08:49 pm: [report]
@Lilypie: Good solution. Like old school parenting:
“I don’t care which one of you did it – if you two don’t behave and fess up, you’re both grounded for a year!”
Shriekback68
wrote on September 13 2009 @ 09:42 pm: [report]
Aussie women are hot. Not just sayin’
LNBissell
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 05:29 am: [report]
I think the lesson they needed was to both go to jail. Who’s to say they won’t take off on this “We’ll never get in trouble now” plot?
effing hickster
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 10:32 am: [report]
If I was bystander in the beachfront situation, I’d have no qualms about hitting a girl, or maybe kicking her in the ovaries.
Patrice
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 10:34 am: [report]
How long before this gets adapted into a Lifetime movie I will undoubtably watch?
_jsw_
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 10:39 am: [report]
Let this serve as a lesson to us all: when we are accosted by twins, for God’s sake pull out a Sharpie and put a checkmark on one twin’s forehead! Just a little bit of thought during a beat-down will help you to remember which twin did what to you.
retro chic
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 10:53 am: [report]
@jsw: Nah. Sharpie would get lost with the tats. Besides I would have pegged you for someone who’d be in favor of ID chips or altered DNA for identical twins or something techy-like.
_jsw_
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 10:55 am: [report]
@retro chic: In general, yes, but let me tell you, it’s a real bitch trying to implant one of those chips when you’re being sucker-punched. It’s hard enough getting the Sharpie out.
retro chic
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 11:16 am: [report]
^ hehe, I’m talking more Big Brother-like. It’s done at birth and updated at every Driver’s License renewal. So, yes, until then, the Sharpies would work. Be sure to use extra ticks or color-coding for each sep twin’s misdemeanor/felonious strikes for it to be used in a conviction.
majicksand
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 12:13 pm: [report]
I’ve always wanted twin girls. Maybe I should rethink that?
Riley
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 12:15 pm: [report]
I’ve always wanted twin girls too. I suspect we have different intentions.
majicksand
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 01:09 pm: [report]
@Riley: Aghast at the sheer maleness of your comment, I contemplate the merits of various models of shotguns during a bout of early pregnancy nausea.
Riley
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 01:15 pm: [report]
@Majicksand - Use a 12-gauge, be sure you load it with double-ought. Less than that, I’ll likely survive since I don’t plan on standing still.
majicksand
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 01:23 pm: [report]
@Riley: Luckily for me, you won’t be able to outrun much by the time my girls are old enough to attract that kind of attention. This assumes, of course, that you are just a typical guy with a twin fantasy not a pedophile. If, God forbid, it is the latter, please post your address while I load. I’ll be there shortly.
Riley
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 01:30 pm: [report]
I’ll be spry in my old-age, and the term girls was only used to keep it similar to your post.