• A UK man told his girlfriend he had been kidnapped, so he could stay out partying longer.
• The ‘kidnapper’ even spoke to, and texted, the girlfriend saying the man would be released if a small debt was paid.
• More than a dozen police members searched for the man using CCTV footage and mobile phone data, even arresting someone on suspicion of the crime.
• The arrested man eventually confessed, saying it was a ruse to allow his friend to stay out longer.
• The party animal was lucky not to be arrested, with police saying they preferred not to waste more public money dragging it through the courts.

Read more:

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/offbeat/2014/08/25/man-fakes-his-own-kidnapping-to-keep-partying.html

http://jezebel.com/party-animal-fakes-kidnapping-so-he-can-stay-out-late-1626239965

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