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Judge laughs feud out of court
A German judge had to call a halt to a court case between two feuding neighbours because she could not stop laughing at their stupidity. After hearing how the two had indulged in egg fights and sent each other faeces-filled letters, Judge Brigitte Koppenhoefer struggled to contain herself.
She finally burst into laughter when the two combatants started calling each other childish names including “smelly bum” and “donkey face” - and after five minutes had to abandon her post. After a short pause she returned to the court and threw out the case.
She explained: “I usually deal with financial fraud and company law - this was all just so ridiculous I couldn’t help it.”
This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .
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