After smiling at this report, I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened here - the whole court (including the judge) would probably have burst into spontaneous laughter or some such thing!
Silence shattered as suspect causes big stink
October 11 2006 at 03:19AM
London - A suspect was slammed in the cells on Tuesday after he broke wind in a British court then burst out laughing about it. Joseph Wildy let rip and refused to apologise after he had a fit of the giggles with his co-defendants. However, magistrate Simon Bridge, sitting in Blackpool, on the north-west coast of England, was not amused by his interruption. He found Wildy in contempt of court and ordered him to be locked up.
After cooling off in the cells, Wildy returned to court 90 minutes later and apologised to Bridge. "He was laughing in court, that's why he was found in contempt," said a court spokesperson. "It was for interrupting the proceedings by laughing, and then refusing to apologise."
Wildy pleaded not guilty to handling stolen goods and was bailed to reappear at a later date at the same court. - Sapa-AFP
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