A Criminal's best friend

An Israeli criminal slipped away from house arrest by putting his electronic ankle monitor on his dog, local police said.

It was not until police came to take Nabil Farumi, convicted of attempted murder, to a sentencing hearing, that they found he was gone without a trace.

"After we searched the house we saw that he somehow managed to take the monitor off his leg and place it around the neck of his dog, who continued to walk around the house," said Yoram Danieli, a police commander in northern Israel.