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Cunning cops have tried to lure in fugitives with the promise of catching a rare Pokémon in GPS-based mobile game sensation Pokémon Go. A tongue-in-cheek invitation extended on Facebook to a list of more than 500 "lucky" fugitives urges them to hurry to the police headquarters' booking area.

A man has been accused of using a stolen human brain to get high. Joshua Long, 26, was charged with abuse of a corpse after a relative discovered a human brain stuffed into a WalMart bag.

A benefits claimant trying to check his balance was shocked to be put through to a premium sex line when he rang the number on the back of his electronic benefit card. In an unfortunate misprint, the number provided on some cards put callers through to a live chat line.

An elderly woman has been questioned by police after she filled in a crossword – not realising it was a piece of modern art. The unnamed pensioner, who is 91, was questioned under caution after doing the crossword, which is valued at €80,000 (£67,000).

A man has pleaded guilty to a number of charges relating to unauthorised tissue removal of someone he met in a hotel. Allan George Matthews, 57, admitted charges of “removing tissues from the body of another without consent or authority”. However, he pleaded not guilty to a charge of reckless gr

Police were called to halt an illegal rubber duck race in a Gloucestershire village on Sunday. The race, which took place at Bourton-on-the-water in the Cotswolds, angered one local resident so much they called the police, invoking an ancient law that prohibits fundraising on a Sunday.

A Scottish woman who claimed she was on her way to a wool shop when she tailed and attacked a fellow driver has been told by a sheriff she must prove her knitting prowess by producing a “not meagre amount” of “multiple knitted items” to be sold to a charity shop when she re-appears in court.

A region in Russia refused to accept divorce applications on its equivalent of Valentine’s Day last week. Authorities in Novgorod said that no applications would be accepted on Peter and Fevronia Day, which sees people celebrate family and faithfulness.

Men who let their trousers sag so low that their bottoms show will be liable for a $600 fine in one small South Carolina town. Councillors agreed to put the wearing of "pants, trousers, or shorts such that the known undergarments are intentional displayed/exposed" on par with public nudity and displ

A man has been caught after orchestrating an ingenious plan to make up losses from his business - renting a car, selling it as his own, then stealing it back. Mintoo Kumar, 28, listed the rental car on an online auction site and quickly sold it on.

Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona footballer phenomenon has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud. According to Spanish media reports, the prolific goal scorer’s father, Jorge Messi, was also given a jail term for defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.5m; $4.5m) between 2007 and 2

Richard 'Dickie' Scruggs, a disbarred lawyer who was jailed for corruption and attempting to bribe a judge, has been named as the world's richest solicitor. Money Inc. estimates the Mississippi lawyer's wealth at 1.7 billion dollars. The average earning for a lawyer in the US is $133,000 a year.

US rapper 50 Cent was arrested last week after a foul-mouthed outburst on stage during a concert in the Caribbean island of St Kitts, where swearing in public is against the law. The star, whose real name Curtis Jackson, used the word “motherf*****” in front of the crowd of 40,000, and was held

Marie Antoinette has met her match in an African statesman who advised his starving people to eat mice and grasshoppers. President Peter Mutharika of Malawi, in southeastern Africa, sparked outrage after pronouncing at a rally: "Why should Malawians die with hunger when we have different things to e

A man who claims to be the Archangel Michael has told Lord Turnbull in Scotland's Court of Session not to allow independence campaigners to be evicted from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament. “Crown Prince Michael”, from Sheffield, filed an affidavit at the court yesterday in which he claims