Armed police raid home after mistaking Lara Croft dummy for gunman

[Erebus]

Unfortunately it doesn't say where it happened.

LINK

When police spotted a gun-wielding suspect lurking in the shadows of a suburban front room, their response was swift.

Armed officers burst into the house, shouted at the owner to lie on the floor, and ordered him to surrender his weapon.

But efficiency turned to embarrassment when the "gunman" turned out to be a life-sized model of the video game character Lara Croft, complete with trademark outsized pistols.

Computer shop owner David Williams, 42, had taken the dummy home to put it up for sale on the auction site eBay.

As the source of the confusion dawned on all concerned, it might have been the moment for an apology from the police.

Instead, however, Mr Williams was taken to the cells and held for more than 13 hours before being released.

He is now on bail for a suspected firearms offence, and Lara Croft remains impounded as evidence.

Good Grief....

 

[eric.cartman]

You have got to be friggin kidding!!!
Detained for firearm offense??? WHAT???

 

[1 old 0311]

World gets crazier every day????????????????????????

 

[General Geoff]

It's in the UK. No surprises here.

 

[kellyj00]

for an auction, ehe? ya, I bet...
what they didn't say is that the life sized cutout was sticky.

 

[romma]

Well, I mean they had to charge him with something to justify a no-knock!

 

[glockman19]

WOW. what is this world comming to?

 

[SWMAN]

But efficiency turned to embarrassment when the "gunman" turned out to be a life-sized model of the video game character Lara Croft, complete with trademark outsized pistols.

It's in the UK. No surprises here.

God, the Brits really have lost it!

 

[GRIZ22]

Well, I mean they had to charge him with something to justify a no-knock!


There is no 4th amendment in the UK. The police didn't have to justify anything. That's why we have one here.

 

[DogBonz]

insane

Instead of apologizing they lock him up for 13 hours. Insanity.

 

[Mannix]

This is stupidity :banghead:.

 

[alan]

Can't you just see/hear the lawyers at work here, coming up with the guts of a large law suit?

 

[SamTuckerMTNMAN]

WOW. what is this world comming to?

Socialist fascism with sympathy for radical Islam.


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[mike101]

The Ministry of Silly Walks

"He is now on bail for a suspected firearms offence, and Lara Croft remains impounded as evidence."

If I'm not mistaken, in England, you are presumed guilty until proven innocent. I can't quite figure out what this guy could be presumed guilty of, though. Playing with dolls?

I love it, because the antis are constantly throwing the UK in our faces as a country we should emulate, despite the fact that violent crime, including gun crime, is on the rise. Same for Austrailia and Canada. The Empire's gettin' rowdy.

Every time I walk past Independance Hall, I'm reminded of how glad I am we kicked them out.