Canadian Man Uses Power Drill As Hair Styler

A Canadian man "scalped" his girlfriend after he tried to use a power drill to style her hair while she was sleeping.

But the judge saw it another way and the man, Shee Theng, was given a nine-month conditional sentence to be served in the community for his assault with a weapon. The judge said the assault was a "breach of trust", but since it was his first criminal conviction she was going to give him another chance.

The woman's lawyer said the attack resulted in the woman bleeding and losing clumps of hair. "When one is sleeping, they shouldn't have to worry about being attacked with a power drill", said Lim. "This man needs help."

The man said he was living with the girlfriend, Janine Rose, at the time and after returning from a bar, Rose went to sleep. Theng then attached either a Barbie doll brush to a power drill and used it to try to style Rose's hair because he had seen something similar on TV.

He says the attachment caught in Rose's hair and pulled out a clump, leaving her bleeding, screaming and terrified while he took off. Surprisingly, Theng said he knew it was a dangerous idea because he had scalped himself earlier the same way.

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