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An “exceptionally” drunk burglar who fell asleep in the kitchen armchair of the house he was raiding has been jailed for two years. Homeowner David English initially thought Mark O'Mahony, 33, was his son when he found the intruder sleeping in an armchair at the end of his kitchen table, Dublin

Law students in Ghana have mounted a protest after the vast majority of students failed their professional exams. According to figures from Ghana School of Law, only 91 students out of 474 candidates (19 per cent) succeeded in their final exams.

A passenger flight was forced to make an emergency stop after a fight broke out over a man who refused to stop breaking wind. According to reports, the Transavia flight from Dubai to Amsterdam was forced to land in Vienna because an elderly man on board had persisted in polluting the atmosphere desp

A man who tried to pass off expensive veal as cheap fruit at a supermarket self-service checkout has been fined nearly £185,000. The 58-year-old businessman, who remains unnamed, was convicted of theft and given a penalty based on his monthly salary of £21,000.

Trade talks between the EU and Mexico have been held to ransom by Spanish cheesemakers and their Mexican competitors, who remain locked in a long-running dispute over allegations of cheese plagiarism. Cheesemakers in La Mancha, central Spain, accuse their Mexican counterparts of a "crude plagiarism"

An award-winning musician whose €1 million cello was stolen at knifepoint has had the 18th-century instrument anonymously returned. French soloist Ophelie Gaillard was forced to hand over the instrument and her mobile phone in a terrifying robbery in a Paris suburb.

A lawyer has complained to police after more than 100 unwanted pizzas were delivered to his office at the behest of an unknown party. Guido Grolle, a lawyer in Dortmund, told the Ruhr Nachrichten: "It's so irrititating, I don't even get my work done any more."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBU7BWQsZs A rapper who halted motorway traffic to film a music video has narrowly avoided jail after promising not to do it again.

A property developer has been ordered to pay nearly €5.5 million to a group of graffiti artists after destroying their work without warning. The street artists took to court after 45 separate artworks were whitewashed as a precursor to the redevelopment of a site.

A couple who purchased a $3.2 million mansion are suing the brokers for failing to disclose that it featured in a popular horror TV show — plus, they add, it is actually haunted. In 2015, Dr Ernst von Schwarz and Angela Oakenfold became the inadvertent owners of the Rosenheim Mansion at 1120 Westc

A new anti-speeding initiative involving a fake police officer turned out to be shortlived after the cardboard cop was stolen within hours. Police in Dundee, Scotland installed the cardboard cut-out of a police officer holding a speed gun near a school for disabled children.

A suspected gangster has spent 23 days in custody as police wait for him to go to the toilet and pass a suspected drugs stash. The man has been charged with two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply, but police have not yet recovered the alleged goods.

Armed police responding to reports of a tiger on the loose were relieved to discover it was actually a large stuffed toy.

Thieves who packed their cars with four tonnes of stolen oranges were caught by police after they were seen driving suspiciously.

A man has successfully overturned a fine for parking on a pavement after explaining he urgently needed to go to the toilet. Michael Nyman, 85, was issued with a £130 fine after parking on a pavement when he found himself in a tight situation in the middle of heavy London traffic.