Neighbours thought the man, who was trying to rid himself of a spider, was attacking a woman
One man’s attempts to rid his home of a spider caused his neighbours to call the police who thought he was attacking a woman.
Officers in Sydney went to the man’s address after repeated calls were made claiming a woman could be heard screaming hysterically and that a man was yelling “I’m going to kill you, you’re dead”.
In a post on the force’s Facebook page, New South Wales police said officers questioned the man about who was in the apartment with him and asked about the woman heard screaming by neighbours.
He replied: “Yeah sorry that was me, I really, really hate spiders.”
The police report concluded: “After a very long pause, some laughter and a quick look in the unit to make sure there was no injured party (apart from the spider) we left.”
Man waging war on a spider has police called on him by bewildered neighbours
