Couples Christmas day brawl over Wii (CVG 2/1/09)

A couple were arrested in New Hampshire, USA after having a violent Christmas Day brawl over the boyfriend's new Wii. Apparently it wasn't the gift he was hoping for.

Portsmouth police said tempers flared because the boyfriend, 26-year-old Heath Blom wanted a remote-controlled airplane for Christmas, and instead got a Wii from his girlfriend.


"He said he hated it... When he didn't get the plane, he got really upset. He acted like a 10-year-old kid," said girlfriend Randi Young, who promptly packed her bags and set off to leave home... but not before punching him in the face.

"I stood in the doorway trying to block her. She punched me in the eye. She punched me three times. I said 'That's it.' And I pulled her hair," said boyfriend Blom.

"He dragged me down two flights of stairs, by the hair," claimed the missus.

Police were called to the home where the couple lived with Blom's grandparents and officers arrested the pair upon observing bruises on each of them.

Ricky Young Sr., 52, said Blom and his daughter, who he said was left with a "knot on her head" and a swollen nose, "fight like little kids. . . But to fight on Christmas, of all days. That's crazy."

She could've just kept the receipt (unless she bought it at Woolworths...)