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

mookiemookie · 07-21-11, 08:50 AM

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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/ukne...by-combat.html

I wish the article had a picture of the guy.

Osmium Steele · 07-21-11, 09:02 AM

He cannot challenge AND choose the weapons, sheesh.

Does he know nothing of protocol?

Gerald · 07-21-11, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...by-combat.html

I wish the article had a picture of the guy.

Leon Humphreys!

Growler · 07-21-11, 01:24 PM

Alternate headline:

Court wins case, loses man card

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