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The founder and ex-leader of France's far-right National Front party has launched legal proceedings against a young man who he says sabotaged the party's election campaign by taking an unflattering picture of him. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the father of National Front leader Marine Le Pen, has launched a d

An English wildlife photographer was “relieved” to win his copyright row with a monkey over a selfie. A San Francisco court found in favour of David Slater, 50, from Monmouthshire, after animal rights activists argued all proceeds from a photo taken in 2011 should go to the monkey.

A married man admitted telling his brother to supply a DNA sample on his behalf in an attempt to avoid making child maintenance payments to the woman he was having an affair with. Vernon Poppleton, 33, fathered the child seven years ago but when the Child Support Agency (CSA) called on him for payme

A father and son duo who attempted to rob a corner shop in Leeds last March dressed as elderly women have been sentenced.

A drugs squad officer in California has been charged with drug offences after he was found to be at the centre of a $2 million marijuana shipment. Christoper Heath, 37, who was part of an anti-drugs squad in Yuba County in the state was arrested with two others after police were informed the men wer

A young Texan who avoided jail after a fatal drink-driving crash by saying he suffered from “affluenza” has been kept in custody by police in Mexico. Ethan Couch, 18, was taken in by police along with his mother Tonya in the town of Puerto Vallarta.

Residents in Penzance, Cornwall are so sick of an overturned car in a hedge near their homes they set up a Facebook page appealing for it to get World Heritage status. The "Get World Heritage status for the upside down car at Ludgvan Leaze" was created by locals after the car was left in the hedge f

A woman in Florida faces a charge of battery for fighting with her husband – because he would not stop farting in bed. Donald Fitzroy Meikle told police that his wife Dawn elbowed him as he passed gas before eventually pushing him out of bed.

A man in Virginia dialled 911 asking for rolling papers so he could smoke some joints. Kyle Dustin Head, 24, was arrested after he called the police “in a disoriented state” Waynesboro Police Department said in a release.

A "catastrophically drunk" man who was caught driving has sheepishly told Coleraine Magistrates Court that he couldn't get a taxi home because he had bought a horse. Walter Jacob Stewart, 33, was stopped by police following up on reports of a vehicle pulling a horsebox swerving across a busy road.

Police in Philadelphia have taken to their official Twitter feed to say that people who leak spoilers from the new Star Wars film should be jailed. Officers joined in the antics surrounding the American release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by admitting that, while it is not a criminal offence to

A man who received benefits because he claimed he was too sick to find a job has been caught working as a stripper. Mark Hetherington, 51, said he was too ill to leave his bed when in reality at night he assumed the identity of “Ian Kognito” – the stripping ninja.

A Thai factory worker who faces up to 37 years in jail for insulting the country's military rulers is also being investigated for another possible crime – making fun of the king's dog. Thailand's strict lèse-majesté laws mean it is a crime to insult or defame members of the royal family and can

An man in the Czech Republic allegedly hid in a restaurant after it closed in order to have a private feast. He is accused of waiting until the staff had gone home and locked up for the night before feasting on six geese, three ducks, 13 pounds of goose fat and liver as well as a one-gallon jar of p

A barrister left a court speechless after he described his own client as a “disagreeable old trout”. David Iles, defending Margaret Wooliscroft, 60, made the comment before a judge sentenced her to 28 months in jail for a campaign of abuse she orchestrated in Brindley Ford, a village in Satfford