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Old 08-27-2004, 01:35 AM   #1
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Man beats ex with pellet gun for tearing down Star Wars poster

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What is inconsequential to one man may be worth a mountain of diamonds to another.
Twenty-seven-year-old Daryl McCoy pleaded guilty in Brandon provincial court Thursday to charges of uttering threats and assault after he burst into a rage when his ex-girlfriend ripped down his Star Wars poster.
The court heard that on Jan. 21, McCoy, his ex-girlfriend and a mutual friend were at his residence when the friend took some money from his ex-girlfriend's purse and handed it to McCoy.
When McCoy didn't return the cash to her, she tore down the Star Wars poster from his bedroom door.
"She knew it was very important to him and that was one way to get to him," said defence lawyer Bob Harrison.
An incident report detailed that McCoy grabbed a pellet gun from his hall closet, pointed the gun at the woman and threatened her. He then hit her a few times in the head and face, pinned her against the wall and pushed her around.
Police arrested him later that evening, after the woman reported the incident.
"For a person … to retaliate for taking down a poster, it shows he has a low threshold for violent behaviour," said Crown attorney Ron Toews.
However, Harrison argued that collecting Star Wars material was a hobby to McCoy.
"I'm ashamed of everything that happened," McCoy told Judge Krystyna Tarwid before she gave him a two-year suspended sentence and ordered forfeiture of the gun.
The sentence further imposed conditions that he attend counselling such as anger management and partner abuse and perform 100 hours of community service.
"It's valuable in your eyes, but it is still a property," she said. "It's way over the top, no matter how valuable you find it."
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Old 08-27-2004, 02:27 AM   #2
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I'm amazed that it happened to such intellectuals...
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Old 08-27-2004, 06:27 AM   #3
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Florida is goin down. Xbox, SW posters, what's next? Beanie Babies?
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Old 08-27-2004, 07:26 AM   #4
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He could countersue to get the poster back.
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Heh... pistol whipped with a pellet gun over a poster.


Now if that was an original 1978 Star Wars poster...
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Old 08-27-2004, 12:10 PM   #6
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Heh... pistol whipped with a pellet gun over a poster.


Now if that was an original 1978 Star Wars poster...

well... that would be something to consider...

Geeze what a dirt bag though.
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Old 08-27-2004, 12:24 PM   #7
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Now if that was an original 1978 Star Wars poster...
Wouldn't an original be 1977? The 20-year re-release was in '97 I think.
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Old 08-27-2004, 03:01 PM   #8
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Wouldn't an original be 1977? The 20-year re-release was in '97 I think.

That was an off the top of the head comment... but you get what I was trying to say.

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Old 08-27-2004, 04:44 PM   #9
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Wouldn't an original be 1977? The 20-year re-release was in '97 I think.
you are correct
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Wouldn't an original be 1977? The 20-year re-release was in '97 I think.

NERD ALERT! NERD ALERT!

Reading this thread brings to mind the classic Ralph Wiggum quote: "I bent my Wookie."
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Old 08-28-2004, 01:08 AM   #11
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Nerd alert? How about it-was-only-7-years-ago-so-it's-not-that-hard-to-recall alert? Sheesh. I've only seen the movies once or twice, which is probably less than average.
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Heh... pistol whipped with a pellet gun over a poster.
Worse of all it was a Jar Jar poster.
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