The criminal courts and professional tribunals are full of bizarre stories that have been kept hidden from the general public - until now. Many are deemed too trivial or too distasteful to be broadcast or published in newspapers. But who could fail to be shocked by the fairground ride that ended in horror when a gondola was catapulted into an amusement stall? Who would not be disgusted by a nurse who exposed his penis in hospital and asked a colleague to measure it? Now for the first time Courtnewsuk invites you into a secret world that can only be described as 'Surreal'.
WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS ARE REPORTED IN SOME OF THE FOLLOWING CASES WHICH ARE INTENDED FOR ADULT CONSUMPTION ONLY
 TOO BENT NOT TO SIGN ON, TOO BIG FOR COURT, TOO ILL FOR JAIL
Fraudster Beverley Douglas did not have to sit in the dock because she was too large. But she managed to get behind the wheel of a bus. While signing on, of course.
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 THE 'JUICY JUGS' CHEMIST
Andrew Lumby turned an ordinary pharmacy in Newport into 'Carry on Chemist'
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 CRACK DEALER WAS NOT 'MR BIG.'
It's not every day you come across a crack-dealing dwarf. Called Pele.
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 DRUNKEN SOLICITOR WAS ESCORTED FROM COURT `
Solicitor Esther Cunningham caused uproar when she kissed a barrister after drinking brandy and told an usher to f*** off.
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 DEATH AT THE EMBASSY
Tragic Ayman Fayed changed his mind after deciding to kill himself. But by then it was too late...
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 I'M GROWING 109 SKUNK WEED PLANTS BECAUSE I HAVE A PAINFUL BOTTOM
Those who frequent the criminal courts have heard defendants make many strange excuses, but Dang Tran's piles plea surely takes some beating. Still, a judge accepted it, so it must be true.
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 THE SEXUAL KICKS OF THE SPYCAM DENTIST
It's no wonder dentist Warren Gater is reluctant to be photographed. He hid a secret camera in the toilets at his surgery to film nurses getting changed.
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 PASS YOUR DRIVING TEST FIRST TIME WITH THE RASHID SCHOOL OF MOTORING
Remember your driving test? Walking to the test centre with butterflies in your stomach, terrified you would clip the pavement in the three-point turn, or skid in the emergency stop? Why did you bother?
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 FAST WILLY: THE FAKE CALLS AMBULANCEMAN
Simon Surplice would do anything to help his lover in the control room boost her statistics....
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 CON AIR: THE JET-SET DOLE GYPSIES
There can be few cases which illustrate the desperate state of Britain's giveaway dole culture better than the Roma gypsy family who live in gaudy mansions built with your money.
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 THE FACE-ACHE FRAUDSTER
Anthony Bridger hit upon the bizarre idea of creating new passport identities by simply gurning for the camera. Even more bizarrely, it worked.
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THE BUSYBODY AND THE 'JOKE' JURY
A juror's note forced a judge to ask if a trial was being treated as a joke. She stormed out of the the deliberating room, but those she left behind went on to convict without her...
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 LIKE, WHAT STOP IS IT MAN?
A bus inspector was a little surprised when he boarded a London bus to find it stank of skunk weed. But it wasn't the passengers getting stoned - it was the driver.
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 THIS CASE MAY TAKE SOME TIME
We can all accept a little delay when lawyers are handling sensitive family matters - but 19 years?
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 HORROR AT THE BOWLING ALLEY
Ferdinand Dela Cruz forgot the golden rule when he went to mend the bowling alley machine - turn it off first.
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 DOES THIS MAN LOOK WEIRD TO YOU?
Read what he did, then see if you were right.
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