Canadian prisoner, too fat for cell, released early

**Kal El** · 11-16-2008, 11:26 AM

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian prison authorities were forced to release a 450-pound (205 kg) drug gang member this week because he was too large for his cell, the Journal de Montreal newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Michel Lapointe -- known as Big Mike -- was arrested in September 2006 and received a five-year sentence in May this year. The paper said he could not fit on the chair in his Montreal prison cell and when he went to bed, his body protruded six inches on either side.

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**Nadia** · 11-16-2008, 12:48 PM

Damn. That is pretty fat.

**Cryptic** · 11-16-2008, 01:01 PM

Useless without pictures.

**mutton** · 11-16-2008, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Cryptic

Useless without pictures.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...112?hub=Canada

**Janglez** · 11-16-2008, 03:36 PM

Damn, I would hate to be his cell mate =x

**Mr. E** · 11-16-2008, 05:12 PM

I used to be as fat as that guy. Granted, I'm a lot taller than him, but I could see how tiny chairs and beds could be hell.

**Cryptic** · 11-16-2008, 05:27 PM

How the hell do you get that fat anyway? I can see putting on a few pounds and not really noticing it but I mean you'd think there would come a point where you realize you have a problem, like say when you have to start buying size 50 pants when you used to wear a 32. There's no way you can pass it off as "this brand must just run small".

**Mr. E** · 11-16-2008, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Cryptic

How the hell do you get that fat anyway? I can see putting on a few pounds and not really noticing it but I mean you'd think there would come a point where you realize you have a problem, like say when you have to start buying size 50 pants when you used to wear a 32. There's no way you can pass it off as "this brand must just run small".

More apathy than not noticing.