Merlin Williams, a chief Bard for the Insular Order of Druids, who once had to fight to get his sword Taliesin back from the authorities, has decided to turn it back into the Portsmouth Police.
Merlin chose to turn the sword in after careful meditation on world peace and in light of the recent rash of stabbings in the area.
Standing outside the Portsmouth Central Police Station, Merlin stated: “I wanted to show that druids are peace-loving and although the sword was never used for violence, I thought handing it in to the police station where it was confiscated would be a good way of doing this.”