Owen Wilson's film Wedding Crashers has been blamed for inspiring a New York woman to poison her housemate by putting eye drops in his iced tea.

The prank is depicted in the 2005 comedy, where Wilson's character squirts the solution into a love rival's drink - causing a potentially fatal concoction that constricts blood vessels when ingested. Kristine Anzalone, 25, was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to pay her victim's medical expenses after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault.

However Joseph Gentissi, the victim of the 2006 incident, is dissatisfied with the ruling. He tells the New York Post: "It's not fair. This is a woman who tried to poison me. She should have been charged with attempted murder. We were hoping she was going to get a strong sentence. She took it as a big joke. She set out to hurt me and she sure did."

A spokesperson for Wilson could not be reached as WENN went to press.

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