[Mrluvaluva]

From www.metro.co.uk

A man accused of robbing a Belfast lingerie shop at knifepoint has fallen back on a time honoured defence – namely, his claim that he believed he was a female elf at the time.

Belfast Crown Court was told by the prosecution that 45-year-old Robert Boyd from Broadlands, Carrickfergus had held up the shop, Orchid, while disguised in a wig, hat and sunglasses. He allegedly made off with bras, knickers, stockings and suspender belts.

However, Boyd's defence maintain that at the time, Boyd believed that he was a elf, having been playing the cyberpunk role-playing game Shadowrun.

More specifically, he believed that he was a female shaman (meaning a natural magic user) elf named Beho, and that he thought he was armed with a samurai sword. Boyd admits that he may have 'blurred reality and fantasy'.

He also claims that he can not remember the details of the incident.

While Boyd maintains that he is innocent of the crime, he admits that he can't be sure that the metahuman Beho did not plan to rob the store.

The prosecution are sceptical of these claims, and suggest that Boyd/Beho is 'using this memory loss scenario to avoid answering very difficult questions.'

[Lauren]

Originally posted by BAZG

I don't get it

[Mrluvaluva]

It helps if I actually post the story!

[Lauren]

LOL!! Good story (when I eventually read it)

Oh my god... what a freak, haha.

[andybigbro]

Lauren i agree he is a freak lol

[Mrluvaluva]

Oh that's right. Kick a guy when he's down. lol

[Lauren]

Originally posted by BAZG
Oh that's right. Kick a guy when he's down. lol

He's not a guy!

He's an elven female shaman, get it right.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Lauren

He's not a guy!

He's an elven female shaman, get it right.

Oh yeah! And I'm a dwarfian transexual mowgli!

[Mrluvaluva]

New psychiatric reports are to be carried out on a lab technician who dressed as a female rogue elf to steal lingerie at knifepoint.

Robert Boyd, 45, donned a blonde wig and glasses to hold up staff at a women's underwear store in Belfast.

He claimed in court to have been involved in the futuristic fantasy role-playing game Shadowrun at the time of the robbery in December 2005.

Boyd said at his trial that he had blurred the lines between reality and make-believe as he assumed a character called Buho, a magic-using criminal lady elf who carried a sword.

He was convicted of stealing two sets of bras, knickers, suspender belts and stockings, worth £250 from Orchid Lingerie.

The university worker, from Broadlands, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, said he had been facing pressures in his job and marriage when he threatened the female shop owner after asking for a discount.

With a jury finding him guilty by a 10 to two majority, he faces possible imprisonment.

But sentencing, which was to go ahead today, was adjourned to allow further assessments of his mental health.

He will now discover his punishment at a hearing in Belfast Crown Court in June.


www.metro.co.uk

[Psylocke]

Bizzare LOL

[Mrluvaluva]

Lingerie-stealing elf jailed
Friday, May 18, 2007

A lab technician who dressed as a female elf to steal lingerie at knifepoint was jailed for two years today.

Robert Boyd, 45, donned a blonde Harpo Marx wig, glasses and a beanie hat to hold up a female staff member at a lingerie store in Belfast.

He claimed to have involved in a futuristic fantasy role-playing game at the time of the robbery in December 2005.

But although a defence lawyer pleaded for leniency by telling how Boyd was now a figure of ridicule whose life was in tatters, Judge Patrick Lynch insisted he had to be imprisoned.

He also sentenced the father-of-one to a further two years' probation after his release.

As Boyd sat impassive in the dock at Belfast Crown Court, Judge Lynch told him: 'Whatever I do to you today you will have to live with the consequences of your actions for the rest of your life.'

Boyd was convicted in March by a 10-2 majority verdict after claiming during his trial that he had blurred the lines between reality and make-believe as he assumed a character called Buho.

This was a shaman, or magical elf, who carried a small Japanese sword as a weapon in the Shadowrun game, the court was told.

He was found guilty of stealing two sets of bras, knickers, suspender belts and stockings worth £250 from Orchid Lingerie.

He had claimed to have been facing pressures at work and within his marriage when he threatened the woman after haggling for a discount.

Before sentence was passed today a lawyer for Boyd, of Broadlands, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, revealed he has since lost his job at Queen's University Belfast.

Anthony Cinnamond, QC, also stressed that he had been carrying £400 in cash when he went into the shop to buy lingerie as his wife's Christmas present.

The lawyer said: 'It's most unlikely that Mr Boyd carried out this robbery for financial gain.

'It's much more likely on the basis of medical evidence that his motivation came from some twisted thoughts in the darker recess of his mind, perhaps because of his involvement in the role-playing Shadowrun game.'

Mr Cinnamond told how his client had been suffering from depression at the time, referring to the sexual abuse he said Boyd had suffered as a teenager.

His state of mind had also been affected by the discovery, just months earlier, that one of his relatives had also been subjected to similar abuse, the lawyer said.