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   From: wimps@nannies.uk   
      
   A man was sentenced to four months in prison for carrying a six-inch   
   Master Sword in public.   
      
   As reported by Eurogamer, 48-year-old Anthony Bray, of Nuneaton in   
   Warwickshire, England, was spotted carrying a replica of the iconic weapon   
   from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series openly in the local town   
   centre.   
      
   Warwickshire Police spotted Bray on June 8 via CCTV walking down the   
   street with something in his hand. Bray was said to have approached   
   officers with the item visible in his hand, at which point he was arrested   
   as he was carrying a bladed article.   
      
   Bray subsequently claimed the Master Sword was a “fidget” — something to   
   keep his hands busy — that he had bought online. But police said that   
   because it was a sharply pointed item, it could be used as a weapon, and   
   “put others in fear of it being used against them.” The police said the   
   Master Sword was inside a sheath and could be released with the press of a   
   button.   
      
   Despite admitting that the Master Sword could be perceived as threatening   
   if someone else saw it, Bray insisted during his interview that he would   
   not have used it as a weapon, the police said.   
      
   Bray was sentenced on June 28 and given a four month prison sentence as   
   well as an order to pay a victims’ surcharge of £154 (approx $195).   
      
   It is possible to find fidget toys that aren’t six-inch blades.   
   “   
   Sergeant Spellman of the Patrol Investigations Unit commented: “We take a   
   zero tolerance to bladed articles in public, and Bray has fallen afoul of   
   this.   
      
   "It is possible to find fidget toys that aren’t six-inch blades. It is   
   possible not to walk down the street holding them out in front of you.   
   With a bit more self-awareness, Bray could have avoided contact with us   
   completely.”   
      
   https://www.ign.com/articles/man-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison-for-   
   carrying-a-6-inch-master-sword-in-public   
      
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