A man in England has been sentenced to four months in prison after police found him walking around outside while brandishing a miniature replica of the Master Sword from The Legend of Zelda . Arguing that it was an actual weapon, the police eventually detained Anthony Bray, who claims he bought the replica online as a fidget toy. As first reported by Eurogamer , Bray was spotted by CCTV operators with something visibly in his hand on June 8.
It turns out that Bray was holding his Master Sword fidget toy while walking around the centre of the English town of Nuneaton. Considering the fact that the blade on the toy measures six inches (15 cm), the officers believed he was openly walking around with a weapon and eventually arrested Bray for carrying a “bladed article” when he approached them. According to the reports, the too-long Master Sword fidget toy was in its sheath, though it could come off with the press of a button.
Bray admitted that he could understand how his toy could be mistaken for a weapon, but also protested that he would’ve ever used it as such to no avail. Per the UK’s knife laws, you cannot carry a knife with a blade longer than three inches, so you can see why the police would’ve been concerned. A sergeant of the investigations unit stated, “We take a zero tolerance to bladed articles in public, and Bray has fallen afoul of this.
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