'Winnie-the-Pooh' arrested
2008-08-12 11:38
Tokyo - Japanese police have
arrested a 20-year-old man who attacked and robbed two people
after they stared at his Winnie-the-Pooh costume, officials
said on Tuesday.
Masayuki Ishikawa was hanging out on a Tokyo street corner
after midnight last month while wearing the cuddly costume,
accompanied by two friends dressed as a mouse and a panther,
when he took offence at being stared at, police said.
"It's uncommon to see people dressed up like this, so the
victims were watching them. Then the perpetrator came up and
said 'What are you staring at?'" a police spokesperson said.
Ishikawa and his friends beat up the two victims and stole
$160 from them, the spokesperson said, adding the group had
apparently donned the unusual garb because they had run out of
clean clothes.