The satirical magazine Private Eye usually reprints funny news stories from around the world, and we in turn couldn’t leave this one unnoticed.

Guards in a German prison were flummoxed by the disappearance of one Steffi Krause; she had long threatened to escape, but their jail was the most secure in Hanover. They thought.

At first we thought she must still be somewhere in the prison, and began searching for her. But she wasn’t here, and gradually we realised what must have happened.

A fellow inmate called Karin Schafer was due for release yesterday, and the suitcase she left with was unusually heavy - so heavy that a warden had to help her lift it onto the bus. Steffi Krause is quite small, and it’s obvious now that she must have been hiding inside the suitcase. Police are still looking for both teenagers.

After having a good laugh, we started wondering about the logistics of punishments the two girls would face when returned to prison. Obviously, there’s a thrashing in store for each of them. But would they be punished at the same time, or in sequence?

I think, they would have to be punished one after the other, because escaping from prison and smuggling somebody out of prison are different crimes.

But which crime is the more serious? Which girl would get a harder lashing with the thick prison strap? Or would they get the same number of strokes?
Ah, the dilemma.

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