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Strawberry needle contamination: Accused woman motivated by spite, court hears

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    Gaywallet
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    Spite towards what, I wonder? This article doesn't really shed a whole lot of light on why this was happening. I suppose it's probably a bit too early for those details, though.

    Spite towards what, I wonder? This article doesn't really shed a whole lot of light on why this was happening. I suppose it's probably a bit too early for those details, though.

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      Algernon_Asimov
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      In other news articles, she's identified as an employee of the first strawberry farm to be hit by contaminated fruit (before other people got in on the act and spread the behaviour across the...

      In other news articles, she's identified as an employee of the first strawberry farm to be hit by contaminated fruit (before other people got in on the act and spread the behaviour across the country). It's likely that she was pissed off at the owner or manager she worked for, and decided to punish the business.

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        Gaywallet
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        That's an incredibly shitty way to get back at an owner. My condolences to the people who were injured by her malice.

        That's an incredibly shitty way to get back at an owner. My condolences to the people who were injured by her malice.

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        1. Algernon_Asimov
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          Luckily, noone was physically injured. I think only two people actually ended up eating sewing needles: one was treated without major injury, and the other one spat the needle out without...

          Luckily, noone was physically injured. I think only two people actually ended up eating sewing needles: one was treated without major injury, and the other one spat the needle out without swallowing it. The news got out quickly, and people stopped eating strawberries.

          ... which is what caused the real injury: the whole strawberry growing industry in Australia was basically shut down at exactly the time when they should have been sending their harvest to stores and markets. Farmers across the country lost a whole growing season's income.

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