andre-hartwich – The Mail & Guardian

/ 25 February 2008

German police dogs get shoes for ‘paw patrol’

Police dogs in the German city of DÃ¼sseldorf are being fitted out with blue rubber shoes to protect their paws while walking the beat. ”The dogs aren’t too keen yet, but with a few weeks’ training they should be used to them,” Andre Hartwich, a spokesperson for police in the western city, said on Monday.

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/ 8 January 2008

Man flushed down toilet in pieces by wife

A woman in Germany put an end to her troubled marriage by chopping up her husband and flushing parts of him down the toilet, authorities said on Tuesday. ”’You won’t find him, I’ve flushed him down the toilet,’ is what she told [her children],” said Andre Hartwich, a spokesperson for police in the western city of DÃ¼sseldorf.

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