Man Drinks Box of Wine, Gets in Darth Vader Suit, Executes Order 66, Attacks Jedi Church

[DS1]

didn't see this if posted last month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7360871.stm


A man posing as Darth Vader attacked a Star Wars fan who had founded a Jedi Church, a court has heard.

Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, from Holyhead, Anglesey, admitted assaulting Barney Jones and cousin Michael with a metal crutch. They suffered minor injuries.

Hughes, who was drunk and dressed in a black bin bag, shouted "Darth Vader!"

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The cousins had been filming themselves playing with light sabres in the garden before the attack.

Hughes admitted two charges of common assault.

The court was told he had a "chronic alcohol problem" and had drunk the best part of a 10-litre box of wine.

Mrs Lloyd said: "He was wearing a black bin bag and a cape and had a metal crutch in his hand."

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10 liters of wine and still able to run is pretty fucking impressive.

[jmowreader]

1. Midlo, this isn't your long-lost cousin, by any chance?

Then again, there's no mention of Bunco or minivans.

[sasquatch]

13. It's Britain so maybe he had fish and chips instead

:D

[BarenakedLady]

2. That was an assault?

Lame-assed Jedis.

[TZ]

3. Where was DuStrange at the time?

Inquiring minds want to know!:D

[madinmaryland]

4. It was Bunco night last night, so I guess we won't be hearing from Midlo today!

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Asshole. And, I didn't win anything.

x(

[flvegan]

5. Just shows that light sabres are no match for a metal crutch.

[DarkTirade]

19. That, or that two geeks weren't a match for one drunk asshole.

Had I been there with a prop lightsaber at the time I woulda whupped him good. :P

[Phillycat]

6. My husband called me at work to tell me this, when the story first came out.

In the middle of an extremely busy and important day for both of us. This was breaking, headline news for my spouse. :D

[DS1]

7. Indeed

I heard it on the radio when I woke up, and the first thing I did was check to see if it had been posted before, and then dug up the original article. It took awhile to get across the pond, it's dated April 22

[Phillycat]

8. It was in the Guardian last month. :D

They never miss anything, that paper.

[madinmaryland]

9. WTF is a "Jedi Church"?

:wtf:

[petronius]

10. "Playing with light sabers"!? Jedi do not "play" with light sabers

Fucking hack journalist is probably taking bribes from the Hutts... :grr:

[DS1]

12. One of them IS a Hutt

yeah, I know we're not allowed to poke fun at fat people, but this one is such a nasty little right-wing shit, she gets the business

[PeaceNikki]

11. Wow. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[LanternWaste]

14. Do we blame...

Do we blame alcohol, religion or Star Wars for this one? :evilgrin:

[DS1]

15. I blame the metal crutch lobby, and the right to bear legs

[edbermac]

17. Revenge Of The Shit.

Boxed wine will do that to you. :beer:

[underpants]

18. Have you ever noticed that Darth Vader does the voiceover on CNN?

[DS1]

20. kick for the night crew