Friday, October 10, 2008

UK: Gardener Arrested For Carrying Sickle

It's called a "scythe" in the article, which is another type of tool entirely.

The police arrested him and the prosecutors went through the entire process of bringing charges and seating a jury before deciding at the last minute to drop the charges. The judge, angered, ordered the prosecutors to apologize for wasting everyone's time on a frivolous prosecution.



And, just to clear up confusion, here is what an actual scythe looks like (face edited out because I got it from the internet):

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