Man Attempts Robbery with Plastic Nintendo Wii Gun

Friday, 08 Aug 2008 05:30am
New South Wales, Australia

A man has been charged after the attempted robbery of a taxi driver at South Coogee, NSW last night.  According to NSW police, at about 11pm on the 7th of August, a 47-year-old taxi driver picked up a 29-year-old man on Belmore Road, Randwick before driving him to South Coogee.  Upon entering Elphinstone Road the 29-year-old allegedly assaulted the driver with a fake gun and demanded money. During the struggle the driver lost control of the taxi and it crashed into the curb. The taxi driver was then chased on foot by the 29-year-old but managed to call police.

Police arrived and the 29-year-old was arrested before being taken to Maroubra Police Station where he was charged with assault with intent to rob. He was granted conditional bail to appear at Waverley Local Court on the 27th of August.  After his arrest, police found small amounts of cocaine and marijuana, along with his “weapon” - a white plastic gun used for shooting games on the Nintendo Wii video game system.  The man was stripped of the gun before being booked into Coogee police station.

“The driver of the taxi was unaware that the gun pointed at his head was a toy gun,” says police officer Cox of the NSW brigade, “When it is dark and someone points what you believe to be a gun at your head demanding money, you don’t think twice about it.”

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