Rambo Imitator Jailed over Toy Knife
by FunkyLady
There’s a reason mum told you not to play with knives. But why didn’t she ever warn you not to play with plastic ones (especially if you’re planning on dressing as Rambo for a night out on the town)?
British student, Anthony Radley, 21, must have missed that lecture.
He was approaching a friend’s house in Lenton, Nottingham (England), when he was stopped by officers. While the police didn’t seem to mind his menacing Rambo attire, they did take exception to his six inch plastic toy knife.
Police demanded that Radley put his hands in the air before they cuffed and searched him.
Radley was arrested and spent three hours in a cell before being charged with causing public alarm.
He was then offered an £80 fine instead of having to go to court. Initially taking the fine, he later decided it was silly and appealed it.
The case has been dropped, but it seems to have cured Radley of any desire to go out and about with a plastic knife in tow.
[via Telegraph.co.uk]
