I think this is sort of funny -- not that a rumor about a plot to murder Paul McCartney is funny, but the real story. Some guys were in the middle of robbing some place and happened to see Paul walking down the street, and stopped their robbery to get his autograph! And then they brag to the police. "Yeah, we robbed that store -- but look here -- we met Macca!"
£100,00 Plot to Kill McCartney a False Alarm (1996)
By: Julie Gatenby
Liverpool Echo
February 14, 1996
Two star-struck crooks sparked a false alarm over a £100,000 plot to assassinate Paul McCartney. The story in a national newspaper today claimed a hit man had been hired to shoot the former Beatle. But Geoff Baker, a spokesman for the star, said "The whole thing was a ludicrous false alarm started after the two villains managed to get McCartney's autograph." He said McCartney, 53, "Happened to be walking down a street where the pair were plotting an armed robbery, and one asked him for his autograph. They went on to carry out the robbery, and when arrested, bragged to the police about getting the autograph." The story snowballed into a report that a hit man was hired to kill McCartney and tried to implicate the two robbers. Mr. Baker said, "It is a completely untrue, ridiculous, and absurd story, which has got right out of hand." A spokesman for Scotland Yard said they had no knowledge of any plot.
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