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A defendant had his mouth taped shut on a judge's orders after repeatedly interrupting his sentencing hearing. The tape was only removed after the man's lawyer suggested he could simply be removed from the courtroom instead.

An angry Cork judge postponed sentencing for a man found guilty of threatening behaviour after he turned up to court wearing shorts. Judge Olann Kelleher, putting the case back to Friday, said: "You cannot come to court in shorts."

An illegal factory allegedly producing fake Ferraris and sham Lamborghinis has been shut down by police. The father and son owners of the workshop were arrested following the raid and have been charged with industrial property offences.

A pair of tourists visiting Venice were fined and asked to leave the city after making coffee on the steps of the Rialto Bridge. The two backpackers, 32 and 35, fell foul of the city's new public order laws, which seek to address problems associated with the city's high levels of tourism through mea

A farmer has been fined more than £2,000 for damage to an ancient earthwork which he tried and failed to blame on his sheep. Richard Pugh, 35, admitted that he damaged Offa's Dyke, which follows the ancient border between England and Wales, with his farm equipment.

A fight between two men over who had reserved a sunbed on a cruise ship is set to be resolved in court. Their wives are among witnesses who have been summoned to appear before the district court in the German town of Auerbach, Saxony next month.

Ireland's food safety watchdog has recalled a batch of CBD oil that was found to be psychoactive. CBD oil – short for cannabidiol oil – can be legally sold in Ireland despite being derived from cannabis, as it does not contain the plant's psychoactive component, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol

A man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle half a kilo of cocaine across continents under his wig. Police in Barcelona Airport became suspicious of the man, who had just arrived from Bogotá, Colombia, because of the size and height of his wig.

A polygamy-themed beer has been rejected for sale in North Carolina because “polygamy is illegal". The beer, Polygamy Porter, is already sold in at least 20 other US states – including Utah.

A 41-year legal battle – fought over the sum of 20 rupees – has finally come to an end. Ismail Khan, 68, from Gwalior in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, has been relieved of charges dating back to 1978, the Hindustan Times reports.

A judge writing about breach of fiduciary duty said in his judgment that the court would not render an earlier case meaningless – as Game of Thrones did the Night King. Judge John B. Owens of the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, a disgruntled fan of the blockbuster series, wrote: "We will not

A judge has imposed a strict "crowing schedule" on a rooster following noise complaints from neighbours. The rooster is allowed to crow from 8am to 10pm on most days and from 9am to 10pm on Sundays, and otherwise has to be housed in a "sufficiently soundproofed" place.

Egypt has announced plans to sue a UK auction house over the sale of a Tutankhamun bust it says was probably stolen. The Egyptian government is hoping to repatriate the sculpture, which was sold by Christie's auction house for £4.7 million last week.

A man driving a hearse in a carpool lane was rapped after being told his dead passenger didn't count. The driver was pulled over after police spotted him driving solo in an "HOV lane", reserved for vehicles with at least one passenger.

A man detained for breach of a deportation order thought Scotland was not part of the UK, a court has been told. Claudiu Szabo, 31, from Romania, had been ordered to leave after he was convicted of numerous shoplifting and drug offences in London.