UK prisoner drops Dreamcast damage lawsuit

[Darksaviour69]

Source - Dreamcast-scene.com (http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/News200604#dcjail)

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A prisoner has failed in a bid to sue ministers over a faulty computer games console given to him in jail.

Adam Shannon claimed compensation from prison chiefs because his Sega Dreamcast console was broken....

Shannon, 24, lodged the small claims action at the court, demanding the Scottish Executive pay him £350.
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Full story- BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/4930544.stm)

£350 for a dreamcast? they where only £200 when they first came out in 1999!

[GagaMan]

Seems even now the Dreamcast can suddenly pop up in the news. Priceless.

(maybe his counting his 15 games as part of that £350)

[fil]

yeah, and he might have had D2, shenmue & some rare jap games ;)

[Zion]

Never heard anything like it! Good old Dreamcast though! It just shows you, the DC can still make the headlines! LOl !

[Cast128dreams]

God sounds crazy......Dreamcast always finds a way to get advertised