May 19, 2007
Elvin Lingerie Thief Gets Two Years
Stumble it!A Belfast man has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing nearly $500 worth of panties, bras, garter belts and stockings at knifepoint.
Robert Boyd, who wore a wig, hat and sunglasses to disguise himself when he held up the Orchid shop on Lisburn Road, told the court he was involved in a role-playing game. Apparently, Boyd was having trouble separating fantasy and reality at the time of the heist in December 2005.
Belfast Judge Patrick Lynch told the 45-year-old man that however confused he may’ve got his real life with that of “Buho the elf”, he’d committed a real crime with serious consequences.
“The courts will not tolerate (armed robbery), and will clamp down upon it,” Lynch said. “You must take responsibility for your own actions.”
Boyd’s crime was described in a statement given by the woman working in the shop at the time: “He was standing there with a knife, like a kitchen knife, standing there holding the knife towards me.”
Though the woman wasn’t physically harmed, the judge felt it was clear she had suffered mentally.
Boyd will serve two years in prison, followed by two years on probation upon his release.
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