Dpnova
24-05-05, 04:19 PM
Stolen From The Sun - def worth a read had me in tears :lol:
TWO Star Wars fans suffered horrific burns in a mock battle with home-made lightsabers filled with PETROL.
Shelley Mandiville, 17, and Mark Webb, 20, made the weapons with fluorescent light tubes.
They filled them with fuel and washing-up liquid to act out a Jedi Knight fight scene from new movie Revenge Of The Sith.
They lit the liquid to illuminate the makeshift toys.
But it exploded ? covering them both in the burning mixture. Firefighters discovered Shelly and Mark with serious burns after being called to woodland near Hemel Hempstead, Herts, on Sunday
Police were studying a video camera found at the scene. It was thought that a third person was taping the ?duel? ? who fled in terror when the disaster happened.
A local who visited the scene said: ?You could see two fluorescent light tubes on the ground next to a badly burned area of ground.
?Police said the plan was probably to film what happened and submit it to one of these Jackass-style TV shows or put it on the internet.?
Police were waiting to interview Shelley and Mark, who were both in a critical condition in hospital last night.
TWO Star Wars fans suffered horrific burns in a mock battle with home-made lightsabers filled with PETROL.
Shelley Mandiville, 17, and Mark Webb, 20, made the weapons with fluorescent light tubes.
They filled them with fuel and washing-up liquid to act out a Jedi Knight fight scene from new movie Revenge Of The Sith.
They lit the liquid to illuminate the makeshift toys.
But it exploded ? covering them both in the burning mixture. Firefighters discovered Shelly and Mark with serious burns after being called to woodland near Hemel Hempstead, Herts, on Sunday
Police were studying a video camera found at the scene. It was thought that a third person was taping the ?duel? ? who fled in terror when the disaster happened.
A local who visited the scene said: ?You could see two fluorescent light tubes on the ground next to a badly burned area of ground.
?Police said the plan was probably to film what happened and submit it to one of these Jackass-style TV shows or put it on the internet.?
Police were waiting to interview Shelley and Mark, who were both in a critical condition in hospital last night.