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Courts introduce ‘Guilty Face’ technology

The British judicial process took a controversial step forward today as a new digital evaluation system was unveiled that will determine whether a defendant is guilty or not just by their faces. It’s...

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US Judge censured for issuing death penalty dressed in Halloween costume

A judge in the United States has been officially reprimanded for sentencing a man to death while dressed in a skeleton costume for Halloween. ‘I don’t know what all the fuss was about’ said Judge Carl...

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Police commissioner apologises to court and pays locksmith’s costs after he...

‘I realise now that I was acting like an idiotic one man kangaroo court, and would like to apologise to the bench,’ said Commissioner John Jenkins, after he admitted to locking up Vince Hilaire, for a...

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Very long sentence for author who refused to use punctuation

An author whose name cannot be revealed for legal reasons but who was prosecuted under the new Punctuation Act which was rushed through Parliament earlier this week and who was found guilty by a...

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Offenders urged to do community service first, then commit crime

Michael Jeffries, an unemployed man from Manchester, is due next week to complete 200 hours of community service, canal clearing and removing graffiti from a local hospital wall. His offence: punching...

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Washer-dryer found guilty of theft

Mrs Ann Townsend of Battersea has been awarded custody of her clothes after a jury found in her favour. The defendent, a white Zanussi ZKG7169 washer-dryer, was found guilty on two specimen charges of...

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Video game-addicted boy caught stealing eggs from pigs using birds

A 15-year-old Liverpool boy has admitted attacking a pig farm outside the city with a collection of birds after spending the previous night watching video games. The boy stole two dozen eggs when he...

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‘What the hell am I going to do now then?’ asks courtroom artist

A courtroom artist is fearing for his livelihood today after cameras were finally granted permission to film inside the Royal Courts of Justice, in a moment of legal and broadcasting history, which...

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Chilcot ‘far too ill to attend Inquiry’ say lawyers

Lawyers acting on behalf of Sir John Chilcot have today stated that Sir John is ‘far too ill’ to attend the Inquiry to present his findings. Sir John is said to be suffering from a severe form of...

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Supreme Court rules against teacher’s term-time holiday

Matthew Robins has lost his case against being fined for taking time out of term to go to Disney World.  The case, which has been heard by the Supreme Court, has ruled that his employer has a...

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