Damn. Screwed up that run.......

[patgund]

Horizon must REALLY be scraping the bottom of the barrel to get runners like this.....

Elf defence for 'lingerie thief'

"Robert Boyd, 45, from Broadlands in Carrickfergus, is accused of holding up staff at the Orchid shop in Belfast disguised in a wig, hat and glasses.

He told the court he had been involved in a role-playing game at the time, and his character was an elf named Beho.

He denies robbery but says he may have blurred reality and fantasy.

He also said it "could be right" that Beho had intended to rob the shop - although he told the jury he could not remember what was going through his mind at the time.

He told defence counsel Anthony Cinnamond that within his small social circle he had been participating in a game known as Shadowrun.

The game was set in the future and the assumed characters were criminals, he said.

He told the court his character was a shaman, or magical elf, who carried a small Japanese sword as a weapon."

Comments

[henglaar.livejournal.com]

[shaking head] One wonders if it's another "hoax" news story. The worst part of it is, people are sufficiently weird that both stories are plausible, making it that much easier for us to be taken in.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Granted, but the BBC isn't prone to hoax stories, so........

[shinobimaasch.livejournal.com]

Gee...I played Shadowrun for 3 years, and even GM'd it too. Yet, I don't remember pretending to be ANY of my characters in real life. I think the best course of actions is that the judge for the case immediatly start playing an RPG, like Shadowrun, and see if it controls his mind. When he finds out it doesn't, he can confine the idiot to a lifetime in a mental health hospital where he clearly has needed to be for some time.