Jedi attack: Darth Vader lookalike spared
http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/darths-blast-after-10-litres-of-plonk/2008/05/14/1210444475675.html
A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a black garbage bag for a
cape, and assaulted the founders of Britain's first Jedi church has
been given a suspended sentence.
Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones -
a.k.a. Master Jonba Hehol - with a metal crutch, hitting him on the
head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court in England. He also
whacked Jones's 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones - or Master Mormi
Hehol - bruising his thigh, in the March 25 incident.
Unfortunately for Hughes, the incident was recorded on a video camera
that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber
battle.
"Darth Vader! Jedis!" Hughes shouted as he approached.
Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the
best part of a 10 litre box of wine beforehand.
"He knows his behaviour was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he
has no recollection of it," said Hughes's 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 100
pounds ($206) to each of his victims and 60 pounds in court costs.
Barney Jones, his brother Daniel and cousin Michael set up the Church
of Jediism, Anglesey order, last year. It claims about 30 members.
Jedi is the faith followed by some of the central characters in the
Star Wars films. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, 390,000 - 0.7 per
cent of the population - listed Jedi as their religion.
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