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By Lester Haines The Register - Technology News - 2 hours 30 minutes agoThose of you thinking of firing up Tomb Raider this morning should be aware that Lara Croft is currently unavailable - a guest of Manchester's Boys in Blue after armed officers cornered the gun-toting minx in a suburban living room.
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Room Type: Single Twin Double Family rooms The house's owner - computer shop owner David Williams - phoned police at around midnight to report "nuisance phone calls", The Daily Mail reports. Officers duly made their way to his house in Dukinfield, near Ashton-under-Lyne, but quickly spotted the silhouette of a gunman in the front room.
They cordoned off the street, called for armed back-up and, when Williams failed to answer the front door, piled in mob-handed through the rear entrance.
In the event, the armed perp put up little resistance, since she was a life-size representation of Lara Croft which Williams had taken home for disposal on eBay. He recounted: "It would have been laughable if it hadn't been so terrifying. One of the police held a gun and yelled, 'Where's the weapon, where's the weapon?'
"I didn't have a clue what was going on, I assumed they'd got the wrong house. I couldn't believe it when I realised they'd mistaken a Lara Croft dummy for someone with a gun."
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police explained that "officers peered inside after Mr Williams failed to answer his front door". She added that they "believed they saw a silhouette of a person pointing what appeared to be a firearm inside the house", and had accordingly followed "correct procedure" by backing off and calling in armed colleagues.
Williams was arrested at the scene and held for 13 hours. He's now been bailed on firearms offences and will find out next month if he faces further action. He says he is "speaking to lawyers about a possible claim for wrongful arrest".
Lara Croft, meanwhile, remains "impounded as evidence".
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Posted: 2007-05-17 16:10:16
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Yikes! Don't know about UK, but in US, they could have shot him dead!
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Posted: 2007-05-17 18:32:47
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You mean the inflatable lara doll
Very silly indeed!
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Posted: 2007-05-17 18:53:27
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LOL! What makes it more dramatic is that they have actually "arrested" the Lara doll..!
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Posted: 2007-05-17 19:47:05
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British cops seems as bad as the american ones
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Posted: 2007-05-17 21:55:32
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Thats quite funny....dumb cops!
since im a huge fan of the Tomb Raider games, I nearlly bought one of the life size Lara Croft dolls from ebay once...good job i didn't eh.
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Posted: 2007-05-19 13:09:35
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you'd be ok if you didn't put it by your window
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Posted: 2007-05-19 15:42:18
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Thats exactly where i planned to put it...near my window, (so people thought i had a really fit gun toting girl in my bedroom all the time!
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Posted: 2007-05-19 15:45:55
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tis a good job you didn't buy it
mindyou it might of put of a load of burglars if they saw the shados like the cops did
btw saw one of them models they are indeed big,
my mate wanted one when we saw it in the shop window at the launch of the game before this Legend one
btw theres a newer version of TR 1 coming out TR Aniversary will you be buying that?
im still stuck on Legend can't shoot this jap guy grrrr!
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Posted: 2007-05-19 15:53:43
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Indeed i'll be buying the Anniversary Edition...how can i miss the original and best TR of all....played the original over 10X so cant wait for this!!
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Posted: 2007-05-19 16:03:54
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