Tossing rogues to the fishes may have worked for pirates, but it didn’t work so well for a 27-year-old fisherman arrested in Sihanoukville on Monday.

Jealous his fellow angler got more shuteye, the man approached the sleeping victim and pushed him out to sea.

The rude awakening ended with another fisherman diving into the water to bring the victim back on board. The suspect attempted to escape on a lifeboat, but police caught up and sent the knave to court. Kampuchea Thmey