Man admits threatening people with Samurai sword
Date Published January 27, 2009
Northgate, United Kingdom - A man utilizes a Samurai sword to threaten people with along with a Bowie knife, a court was told.
Jordan Walker, 26, of Five Acres, Northgate, pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Monday to the use of threat of unlawful violence, or affray, and possession of a bladed and sharply pointed article in a public place.
According to Prosecutor Richard Lynn, police went to Northgate Parade to investigate a report of a robbery on the afternoon of January 12.
They spotted Walker approach three other men in a nearby alleyway.
Richard Lynn said witness how Walker was waving a Samurai sword above his head. Walker and three other men started to walk away upon seeing the police officers. He dropped the sword and was arrested on the spot.
A search revealed he was also carrying the Bowie knife hidden inside his clothing.
The suspect claimed that he had earlier been attacked by a group of men. He went home where he collected the sword and the knife and returned to Northgate Parade.
“I saw red, man,” Walker told an interviewing officer. He claimed the sword had been resting on his shoulder and was not being menacingly waved.
Defending solicitor Geoff White explained: “A genuine Samurai sword is a very sharp and dangerous weapon. But this was not a real one. It was a replica - an ornament meant to be hung on a wall.”
Presiding Magistrate Mrs Elaine Richards said she felt the sentencing powers of the bench were not sufficient to deal with the case.
She said: “There was an element of premeditation because you went home to get the weapons. People being threatened would not have known it was not a real sword and you were carrying a further weapon.”
Walker was committed on bail to Lewes Crown Court, on a date to be announced, for sentencing.
City sword killer gets life sentence
Date Published: January 5, 2009
Glasgow, Scotland - A man who murdered a father-of-one with a sword after a row at a party has been jailed for life.
Scott Nesbitt, 23, almost sliced Morgan Proctor’s head in two during the attack at a flat in Townhead in May.
Proctor, a 38-year-old window cleaner, had only gone to the party because his young niece felt threatened.
Judge John Morris QC at the High Court in Glasgow ordered Nesbitt to serve at least 13-and-a-half years in jail before he can apply for parole. The judge said he was reducing the term from 15 years to take into account Nesbitt’s guilty plea.
During the trial, the court heard that Nesbitt attacked Mr Proctor in the street with a 2ft-long blade after an earlier row involving a number of men and youths at a party in a flat in Taylor Place.
Pleas accepted
The blow caused “almost complete detachment” of the jaw from his upper face. Proctor died almost instantly after suffering a 27cm (11in) wound.
Nesbitt later turned up at a friend’s house having changed his clothes and said he had “chopped” a man in the street with a sword. James Nesbitt, 24, George McKay, 23, and Christopher Milligan, 23, also faced a murder charge but their not guilty pleas were accepted.
Simone Nesbitt, 20, was accused of assaulting Proctor. Her not guilty plea was also accepted.
California Police Kills Man Swinging Samurai Sword
Date Published: January 11, 2009
MODESTO, Calif. - Authorities on Monday officially released the name of a Modesto man who was shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend after being spotted waving a samurai sword.
Sgt. Brian Findlen, Modesto police spokesman, says Richard Phillip Robles, 45, was seen brandishing the two- to three-foot long sword outside a Doubletree Hotel shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday.
Officer Latisha Leap was sent to the scene but wasn’t clear why Robles approached the officer with his long sword.After the shooting, Robles was taken to the hospital and died about an hour later.
The mother of the slain man, Polly Robles, divulged that her son had been taking medication for mental health problems but wasn’t a violent person. She said she didn’t know why he confronted police with the sword.
Findlen said that officers are trained to consider suspects armed with pointed objects a serious threat because their protective vests aren’t knife-proof.
Leap, who has been on the force for three years, was placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
Shocking Leeds samurai sword attack caught on video
Published Date: 14 January 2009
Oakwood, Leeds - A security guard faced his shocking moment when he came face-to-face with a robber armed with a Samurai sword upon delivering cash to a Leeds bank.
Police are in the process of probing the frightening raid at the Lloyds TSB branch in Roundhay Road, Oakwood, Leeds in which a large sum of money was grabbed.
Detectives suspect the robber, who struck at about 2.25pm on January 6, may have escaped by running through nearby Gipton Woods.
The robber threatened the guard with the sword and ordered him to hand over the money. He then jumped into his run away red Mazda MX5 sports car. The said sports car was stolen the previous evening from the Cross Gates area of the city.
Shortly after the bank robbery, the Mazda was dumped in nearby Back Wetherby Grove, Oakwood. Two men were seen to smash open the stolen cash box using a sledge hammer before fleeing the scene. The bank notes were found contaminated with red or purple dye.
The police detained two men nearby in connection with the robbery, but questioning is ongoing.
Detective Inspector Nick Wallen said police were open to speak to anyone who saw the raider escaping from the bank area or two men in Back Wetherby Grove abandoning the Mazda. Contact North East Leeds CID on 0113 2413286.
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July 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Great info !