Darth Vader avoids jail time

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » May 14, 2008 11:51 am

'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks

The attack involved a church founded on the Jedi faith of 'Star Wars' films

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24604338/

HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.

Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones — aka Master Jonba Hehol — with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court.

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Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the better part of a 2 1/2-gallon box of wine beforehand.

"He knows his behavior was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he has no recollection of it," said Hughes' lawyer, Frances Jones.

District Judge Andrew Shaw sentenced Hughes to two months in jail but suspended the sentence for one year. He also ordered Hughes to pay $195 to each of his victims and $117 in court costs.

See what happens when you drink wine from a box?

Gotta love the hardcore geeks....

I always thought I was a Star Wars geek, but I can't hold a candle to these guys...

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » May 14, 2008 12:05 pm

That wine lowered his resistence to temptation and he gave in to the Darkside of the Force.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » May 14, 2008 12:21 pm

Dezdmona wrote:That wine lowered his resistence to temptation and he gave in to the Darkside of the Force.

Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side....

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » May 14, 2008 12:30 pm

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good metal crutch at your side, kid.

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » May 14, 2008 1:02 pm

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » May 14, 2008 2:41 pm

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

unclejohn · Post by **unclejohn** » May 14, 2008 4:00 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good metal crutch at your side, kid.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » May 14, 2008 4:16 pm

What? Evacuate in our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » May 14, 2008 4:24 pm

I found this part of the article "interesting".....

Unfortunately for Hughes, his March attack was recorded on a video camera that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber battle.

I'm not sure which is more messed up, the drunken Darth Vader, or the guys that started the church.