[SpyGuy]

Even though the sword was turned in by a war hero in his eighties, the police still had the sword tested forensically to see if it had been used to commit a crime.

It's a good thing no friends or visitors of the old man had ever accidentally cut themselves while handling the blade. The gentleman might have found himself finishing out his last few years in prison while the British bobbies scoured the countryside asking people for genetic samples of their blood.

[Pro-Bush]

Even though the sword was turned in by a war hero in his eighties, the police still had the sword tested forensically to see if it had been used to commit a crime.