Man jailed for carrying replica sword from Legend of Zelda video game in public

Reddit discussions suggest he has many priors. This article implies his fate was set from one incident but I believe it's more complicated than that.

If he was a first time sole offence he'd be diverted off custodial almost automatically.

Frankly I think he may be looking at diminished responsibility consequences, if this is a repeated problem.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2024/07/03/zelda-maste...

That man should have known better. There is a time and place for carrying props from video games in public - and the time is when you're younger than 13yo.