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Date: 13 May 2008 12:59:28
Arwel Wynn Hughes, from Holyhead, has been given a suspended prison sentence after attachking two Star Wars fans with a metal crutch, while shouting "Darth Vader".
The 2 cousins had set up a Jedi faith church, with around 30 members, and were being filmed having a light sabre fight. Mr Hughes, wearing a black bin liner, jumped over a wall and shouted Darth Vader several times before hitting Mr B. Jones on the back of the head and Mr M. Jones o his leg. He then ran off.
Mr Hughes was later arrested by police and told them that he was "extremely drunk" at the time and has no recollection of the incident. He had a "serious drinking" problem but has now stopped drinking and is hoping to go into a rehab programme.
There is a Jedi Church website but I can't access it from work. It's at www.jedi-church.co.uk, if you'd like to look.
History today :
1787 : The "First Fleet" sets sail to Australia. It contains the first convicts and establishes the first penal colony there. Nothing much has changed in the last 220 years - so they tell me :-)
1830 : Simon Bolivar, the "Liberator", who won independence for much of South America from Spain, dies. He has a country and a fine Cuban cigar named after him.
1943 : The Allies clear out North Africa as 250,000 German and Italian troops surrender.