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A wedding photographer who allegedly had sex with one of the wedding guests and then urinated outside the venue has been arrested. Katherine Mehta, 26, has been charged with obstruction and public intoxication after the photography gig went drastically wrong.

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An Irish football club has apologised after it falsely reported the death of one of its players in order to postpone a match. Dublin club Ballybrack FC told the Leinster Senior League that Fernando Nuno La-Fuente had been killed in a road traffic accident, when he had in fact returned to his native

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A man who laughed and swore at police who couldn't find drugs on him was later found to be hiding a bag of cocaine in his penis. James Mason, 21, told officers "f**k off, you're not searching me" and then, after a search, "ha ha, told you I had f**k all on us, you mugs".

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The University of St Andrews has launched court action against a company which is selling its own version of the university's iconic red gown at a discount. The university sells gowns for £159 each, but an Australian company called Churchill Gowns is now offering red "St Andrews" gowns online

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Pagans who attempted to worship at Stonehenge have been found guilty of breaking rules restricting their access to the ancient site. Maryam Halcrow, 56, who says she is a witch, Lisa Mead, 52, who identifies as a druid and Angela Grace, 46, entered the circle without reasonable excuse.

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A priest who embezzled €120,000 from his church because of an online scam has confessed to his congregation. Pastor Bernard Gawlytta confessed his guilt to churchgoers after a Sunday service and has now been removed from his post.

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A small village of just 120 people has slapped over 58,000 drivers with speeding tickets in just the 10 days after installing traffic cameras. Temporary cameras were installed in Acquetico, an Italian village on the border with France, after locals complained about cars speeding through.

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A care assistant who said his fear of nappies constituted a disability has lost a discrimination case against his employer. The Irish worker, who cannot be named, was on sick leave for over three years before his dismissal on the grounds of incapacity last year.

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A woman celebrated the conclusion of her divorce by blowing up her wedding dress in an explosion felt 15 miles away. Texas woman Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler, 43, gathered her friends for a "divorce party" after the legal end of her marriage, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

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Police have seized a two-month-old lion cub after stopping a Lamborghini whose driver was snapping selfies with the animal. The 33-year-old man reportedly told officers that it was "just a cat", but he failed to persuade them and was arrested.

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A teenager who broke the speed limit on his electric scooter has been slapped with penalty points on his future driving license. A court in Cleveland, England gave the 15-year-old six penalty points "which will be added to his driver's license when he is able to have one", police said.

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A convicted fraudster escaped jail - for a while - by booking a flying lesson and asking the instructor to let him off in France. Jamie Colwell, 51, hatched the scheme to flee the UK after he and his father, Brian, were convicted of a £1 million VAT scam.

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An 87-year-old man has finished a second set of exams in his bid to become a lawyer. Ibarra Mariano, a retired Filipino police officer, is the oldest of around 8,700 people sitting the bar in the Philippines this year.

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A courthouse was forced to cancel proceedings after it turned out to be infested with bed bugs for a second time in three weeks. Lawyers, jurors and court officials were asked to leave to allow exterminators to return to the building.

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A pensioner who identifies as middle-aged has launched a legal bid to have his age changed in order to improve his prospects on dating app Tinder. Emile Ratelband, who is 69 years old but says he feels 49, had his application for a new birth date rejected by a local authority.

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