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A burglary suspect has told the High Court in Belfast that his electronic ankle tag was chewed off by his pet dog. However, he failed to convince the court, which heard that there were "no signs" of teeth marks on the tracking device -- and his own lawyer admitted he faced "an uphill battle" to secu

A judge in Wisconsin who handed a lawyer a five-day jail sentence for contempt of court decided to add a creative punishment he called a “moving jail” Judge Philip Kirk in Waupaca County told lawyer Michael Petersen, 33, that over the course of his probation he will have to tell every client he

A woman accused of calling 911 to lure police away from her location so she could drive home drunk is said to have posted a message to social media stating: “lmao.. 2 mins later the cop peals out.. silly piggies tricks r for u.” Police in New Jersey said they responded to Hayley Oates' report of

The Rio Paralympics is to crackdown on athletes who gain an adrenaline boost – by squeezing their scrotums. The practice of “boosting” is common amongst wheelchair-bound athletes trying to gain an advantage but is, in fact, deadly.

A pet rescue charity in Washington state has joined forces with a local prison to put stray cats behind bars where prisoners will look after them. Prisoners at Mission Creek Women's Correction Center in Belfair will look after abandoned cats and kittens until they are ready to return to shelters for

A Wisconsin sheriff issued himself with a parking ticket after parking his car in a handicap spot. David Clarke, sheriff of Milwaukee County, gave himself the ticket after a colleague failed to move the vehicle.

A South Carolina woman faked her own death to avoid going to prison on a DUI charge. Darene Springs, 43, who had four cases ongoing against her for shoplifting, DUI, as well as other charges, told a county clerk in Rock Hill that she had died according to The Charlotte Observer.

An American man has been awarded a damages payout of $21.5 million after he was struck in the face — by an automatic door. James Hausman, 61, who was on a cruise ship, suffered the injury as he followed other passengers through the door.

American lawyers are accused of raising over £1 billion of fraudulent cases against oil giant BP – including claims on behalf of dead people and a dog. Texan lawyer Mikal Watts as well as six co-defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury on 95 counts of wire mail fraud, identity theft, and

Mountjoy Prison bosses ordered a full prison lock down yesterday afternoon when the alarm was raised over a suspicious item discovered on C wing and believed to be a firearm. The Irish Prison Service confirmed that a suspicious item was discovered at around 12.30pm yesterday.

A judge embarrassed himself after he referred to a defendant as “Mr Guilty” during a fraud trial, an Australian appeals court has heard. Tasmanian Chief Justice Alan Blow prejudiced the trial with his Freudian slip according to special counsel Mark Rinaldi who told the Court of Criminal Appeal i

Indonesia's anti-drugs agency has suggested a prison for death row convicts be built on an island – protected by crocodiles. The idea was proposed by anti-drugs chief Budi Waseso, who told news website Tempo he would seek to place as many crocodiles as possible there, adding: “I will search for

A Florida man has been jailed for a year after biting a small dog on the face. The Palm Beach Post reports that vile 37-year-old David Etzel was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty of felony animal cruelty a few days earlier.

Officials at a prison in Brazil have caught a mouse being used by prisoners to shuttle drugs and other contraband items around the jail. The mouse-turned-drug-mule was spotted running through a corridor with a “bag of drugs” tied to its tail said Gean Carlos Gomes, director of Barra da Grota pri

A Derry woman who called 999 for a lift to her mother’s house after she had been on a “mad auld binge” has been sentenced to four months in jail. Denise Hynds told police she had been on a drinking spree after she made the call on June 29 last year.