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Samurai swords have now become illegal weapons under long-awaited new laws. Selling, making or hiring the elaborate Japanese-style blades now carries up to six months in prison and a fine of up to ...

Calls for a ban came after a number of high-profile incidents in which cheap Samurai-style swords had been used as a weapon. The Home Office estimates there have been some 80 attacks in recent years ...

Samurai swords will be banned from next April, the Government has announced. Their importation, sale and hire will be made illegal following a series of crimes committed using the weapons, Home Office ...

The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using Taser stun guns during four incidents including on a man with samurai sword in Belfast city centre. Police were informed that the man ...

A woman who murdered her wife using a samurai sword has been sentenced to 37 years to life in prison. Weichien Huang, 45, learned her fate on Monday, after jurors convicted her of murdering Chen Chen ...

When Thomas Mounter went to the hairdressers for a quick restyle, he didn’t expect his locks to be chopped off with a Samurai sword... The 19-year-old from Guisborough had been growing his hair for ...

A man who allegedly attacked his parents in an incident along Persiaran Putra, Bandar Baru Putra, in Ipoh, yesterday has been remanded for seven days ...