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Christchurch copper thief wins Darwin Award

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Mar 23, 2026
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There are bad ideas, and then there are catastrophically stupid ones. This week’s winner of the Darwin Award does not just take the cake, he electrifies it

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According to ChrisLynchMedia.com a man in Burwood, Christchurch decided it was a bright idea to break into a live power transformer and try to rip out copper. Not scrap metal lying around. Not someth…

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