A serial burglar nicknamed the “Barefoot Bandit” was sentenced in Seattle to six-and-a-half years in prison for charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway.

The 20-year-old who gained a popular following as the ’barefoot bandit’ pleaded not guilty today to all charges against him in a US federal court.

TEENAGER Colton Harris-Moore, is achieving folk hero status as the “Barefoot Bandit” in the US and Canada after a string of burglaries and daredevil escapes from the law.

CANADIAN scientists and Indians are competing in boats for the affections of a dangerously friendly killer whale off Vancouver Island, British Columbia.