Court refuses request for trial by combat rather than £25 fine

[mookiemookie]

A court has rejected a 60-year-old man's attempt to invoke the ancient right to trial by combat, rather than pay a £25 fine for a minor motoring offence.

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Magistrates sitting at Bury St Edmunds on Friday had disagreed and instead of accepting his offer to take on a clerk from Swansea with "samurai swords, Ghurka knives or heavy hammers", fined him £200 with £100 costs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1416262/Court-refuses-trial-by-combat.html

I wish the article had a picture of the guy. :rotfl2:

[Osmium Steele]

He cannot challenge AND choose the weapons, sheesh.

Does he know nothing of protocol?

[Gerald]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1416262/Court-refuses-trial-by-combat.html

I wish the article had a picture of the guy. :rotfl2:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9756/leonhumphreys.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/leonhumphreys.jpg/)

Leon Humphreys!

[Growler]

Alternate headline:

Court wins case, loses man card