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An alleged crime duo awaiting trial for forging government documents escaped jail using forged court documents, it has emerged. Mohammed Lukman Shaikh, 48, and Bashir Mulla, 62, secured bail using fake documents signed by non-existing cops and guarantors.

A cannabis plant and a number of horses are among items stolen from police care in the West Midlands, the BBC has reported. Police forces listed items lost between 2011-16 after the BBC submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

Employees at a company in eastern China have been handed fines for not commenting on their boss’s social media posts, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. At a travel agency in Jinan, over 200 workers were fined 50 yuan (£5.70) each for failing to comment on CEO Zhang Ming’s Weibo posts – an arra

A bizarre instance of road rage between two middle-aged German men led to one denting the other's BMW with his foot-long sausage. News of the incident - in which police say a massive pork product was allegedly hurled at the vehicle - emerged in Die Welt.

Thieves who nicked a box of chemicals from the back of a pick-up truck will be disappointed once they open what they probably thought were drug-making materials, the New Zealand Herald reports. The stolen materials, far from being fit to produce illegal drugs, are actually oils made from the anal gl

A judge has castigated a vexatious litigant for describing his occupation as “a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ”. Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said the courts were right to refuse to accept a sworn statement with the “fanciful” occupation listed.

A judge has banned a man from ordering pizza as part of his bail conditions. Randy Riddle, 49, is charged with four counts of harassing phone calls, two counts of first-degree petty theft and one count of second-degree petty theft.

A Crown Court judge hit back at a foul-mouthed neo-Nazi's verbal abuse by throwing back some of her own. John Hennigan, 50, as he was being sentenced for breach of an Asbo, told Judge Patricia Lynch that she was a "bit of a c**t".

A man was forced to postpone the sale of his home after he realised he had been living next door to the flat he owns.

A man was left baffled after police told him he failed his disclosure check because he was executed a decade ago.

An alleged criminal used a drone to film people using an ATM in a high-tech enterprise reported to police last June.

The city of Munich has applied to the European Union Intellectual Property Office for exclusive rights to the Oktoberfest name.

A one-hour slug hunt twice a year could solve Norway's problem with the invasive Spanish slug, a local political party has said.

A police raid on a drug kingpin's prison cell uncovered such luxuries as a plasma TV, a treadmill and a library of books and DVDs.

A man who hid seven grams of cocaine under his foreskin has been returned to jail for 12 weeks.