A 41 year old man was drunk in an alley in Manchester. He found an old fountain pen lying on the ground. He made several attempts to sell it to passers-by.
One of these called the police & the drunk has just been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Because this was no ordinary nuisance & this was no ordinary pen. It had been turned into a gun, complete with bullet.
The drunk had recognised this – was offering to sell it as a gun.
If I, even perfectly sober, had come across such an object, I do not think I would have realised that.
One of these called the police & the drunk has just been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Because this was no ordinary nuisance & this was no ordinary pen. It had been turned into a gun, complete with bullet.
The drunk had recognised this – was offering to sell it as a gun.
If I, even perfectly sober, had come across such an object, I do not think I would have realised that.
