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Man charged in helicopter laser prank



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Published Date: 08 May 2008
By Chris Visser
A 45-year-old Lancashire man has been charged with playing a prank on a police helicopter pilot.
Police have charged Christopher Rhodes, of Highgate, Nelson, with public order offences related to "recklessly acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft" and its passengers.

A helicopter, based in Warton, near Preston, was helping officers from Greater Manchester Police chase a car across the county border at around 10.30pm on Thursday when the pilot was left temporarily blinded by a laser.

A senior Lancashire Police officer said the incident could have led to "multiple deaths" had the pilot not taken "evasive action".

Rhodes was due to appear in court on Friday.

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08/05/2008 12:17:38
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kellyin leyland,

08/05/2008 12:48:23
the mans from burnley.........need i say more lol
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barnfarm,

08/05/2008 13:51:46
The cream of East Lancs...
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j.pne,

PRESTON 08/05/2008 13:54:32
i wouldn't be superised if he was a dingle!!! it's time people like that acted there age instead of been hypocritts
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Sam Tana,

08/05/2008 14:17:23
How many helicopters does Lancashire Police have? If there's only one, how is it able to hover simultaneously over every housing estate in the county?
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brigpnefan,

preston 08/05/2008 14:34:16
I hope they jail this moron.Dingle area does say it all!
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tonyjames,

kirkham 08/05/2008 14:42:08
God help us if Al Qaieda get hold of one of those pens, well have to bring the troops home early!
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Eric Cartman,

Preston 08/05/2008 15:05:15
Agree tonyjames..

"evasive action" FFS.
I have one of these lazers on my gun (Arnie in Terminator style) and believe me you'd need one hell of a steady hand to keep the 'dot' (at that distance it would be like a football)trained on the pilots eyes.
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08/05/2008 15:05:38
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Sam Tana,

08/05/2008 15:07:33
Eric Cartman, the beam of a lazer doesn't get wider with distance. You could fire one at the moon and it would still be just a dot. But yes, you'd need a very stead hand to keep it trained on a moving target at distance.
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