许国璋英语-报复银行出“损招” 南非一男子放蛇咬人受罚

　　摘要：
　　南非一名法官12日判决一名忿忿不平的人今后不得再踏入南非最大的一家银行半步，因为他此前曾携带“宠物”蛇进入这家银行的总行并放蛇咬人。
　　A South African judge on Wednesday barred a dissatisfied customer from entering any Absa bank branch after his pet snakes bit one person when he released them inside the headquarters of the country‘s largest bank.
　　南非一名法官12日判决一名忿忿不平的人今后不得再踏入南非最大的一家银行半步，因为他此前曾携带“宠物”蛇进入这家银行的总行并放蛇咬人。
　　
　　据路透社4月12日援引南非新闻联合社的报道说，此前，南非最大的Absa银行请求法庭禁止这个名叫马纳梅拉的顾客再次进入其内。2004年的一天，马纳梅拉曾携带5条有毒的猪鼻蛇进入位于约翰内斯堡的这家银行总行，并将它们放了出来咬人。马纳梅拉由此被判刑3年，于今年2月刚获得假释出狱。
　　
　　马纳梅拉与这家银行间的纠纷是从这家银行把他的一辆小货车卖掉引起的。马纳梅拉控告该银行对他进行了欺诈。但是，银行方面却辩称，之所以卖掉马纳梅拉的小货车，是因为他无力偿还银行的贷款。之后，马纳梅拉要挟这家银行支付给他160万美元的赔偿金，否则就炸掉银行。最后，他带着所谓“宠物”蛇走进了这家银行，并导演了毒蛇咬人的一幕。
　　
　　审理此案的法官判决说，马纳梅拉今后不得联络、威胁或骚扰Absa银行的任何职员、客户或律师，并禁止他今后进入这家银行的总行、分行等机构。
　　
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　　A South African judge on Wednesday barred a dissatisfied customer from entering any Absa bank branch after his pet snakes bit one person when he released them inside the headquarters of the country‘s largest bank.
　　
　　Absa had requested the restraining order against Jan Abel Manamela, who released five poisonous Puff adder snakes at the bank‘s Johannesburg headquarters in 2004, the South African Press Association (SAPA) said.
　　
　　Manamela was sentenced to three years in prison following the incident but was released on parole in February.
　　
　　Manamela had accused Absa of defrauding him after it sold his pickup truck following what it said was his failure to pay off a loan.
　　
　　He later threatened to blow up the bank, demanded payment of 10 million rand ($1.6 million) and eventually released what he described as his "pet" snakes in the bank, SAPA said.
　　
　　Judge Eben Jordaan‘s order forbade Manamela from contacting, threatening or molesting Absa employees, customers and attorneys and bars him from entering any bank office or branch, SAPA said.
　　
　　

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