A 48-year-old Briton was sentenced to prison for carrying a replica of the famous Master Sword from the Zelda series into the town center of Nuneaton, England. Warwickshire Police is providing information about this. In addition to the four-month prison sentence, he will also have to pay a fine equivalent to 180 euros.
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It was a replica of Link’s famous video game sword According to pictures provided by Warwickshire Police A knife with a blade length of 15 cm that was in a knife sheath. The knife could be removed from this sheath by pressing a button. The 48-year-old man was clearly carrying a knife in his hand and was seen by a surveillance camera on June 8 before he was caught and arrested by the authorities. In the UK you can only carry pocket knives with a blade length of up to 7.6 cm without special permission.
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Knife or fidget toy?
The Britons argued that the knife was a “fidget toy”, that is, a fidget toy to calm nervous fingers. However, according to Warwickshire Police, the item had a sharp blade that could be used as a weapon. It is not known where the Britons obtained the item. The 48-year-old man was sentenced at Leamington Spa court on June 28.
“It’s possible to find a fidget toy that doesn’t have six-inch blades,” the statement quoted police Sergeant Spellman as saying. “It’s also possible that you don’t walk down the street with them and have them in front of you.” The man is not a cosplayer and was not wearing the item as part of a costume.
The 48-year-old’s lengthy sentence may be due to his criminal history: a man with the same name was sentenced to four years in prison in 2011 for a string of burglaries in Nuneaton, Forbes report. according to him Coventry Telegraph He had to appear in court regularly in the 1990s for various legal violations.
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