A Queensland man’s first date went terribly, terribly mistaken when he was very public arrested on a Gold Coast road at gunpoint — throughout a misunderstanding.
Footage captured by an onlooker reveals Luke Boyle, 30, being held to the bottom and handcuffed in the midst of MacArthur Parade in Most important Seashore.
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“He had the gun at my head,” Boyle stated, referring to a police officer.
“And I am like, ‘what do I do, what do I do. Inform me what to do.’”
“He is like, ‘Get on the bottom!’ And I am like ‘It is a pool cue, it is a pool cue. Do not shoot me, please’.”
Boyle is a widely known native pool participant and had been enjoying the favored pub recreation in Southport on Monday simply earlier than the incident.
He had pulled up in his automotive exterior his buddy’s gold store and began joking about along with his cue and pointing it like a gun.
“I picked up my pool cue, they usually even joked and laughed within the retailer,” Boyle stated.
“I did not level it at them. I simply held it prefer it was (a weapon) .. I used to be simply pretending, simply enjoying.”
However the police have been alerted by involved onlookers to a person with a rifle, resulting in Boyle’s very public arrest.
“Mate, it was subsequent stage,” he stated. “It bought my blood pumping, that is for positive.”
Police searched Boyle’s automotive and located the pool cue inside a duffle bag.
The 30-year-old was charged with public nuisance in addition to possessing a knife in public.
First date interrupted
So as to add insult to harm, Boyle was in the midst of a primary date when he was arrested.
His date, named Sarah, was a bit embarrassed, he stated.
“She’s just a little bit shaken up from the weapons. So I really feel horrible. I am attempting to make up for it,” he stated.
Boyle and his date met up once more after he was launched by the police, and headed to the seaside collectively to complete their date — so maybe there’s some hope for a second one.
On the very least, Boyle hopes it is a date to recollect.
When requested if he thinks Sarah will come again for a second date, he stated, “oh mate, I hope so”.
“It has been some time.”
