Contempt of court doen’t really do this justice. Criminal cases being tried in Bristol Crown Court had to be temporarily abandoned recently when people were overcome with nausea from intense infusion of garlic into the building. The smell seeped through all parts of the ten-courtroom facility.

Police discovered that “some sort of noxious garlic smelling substance” had been spread around a number of different areas of the court building including on walls, radiators and in potted plants. The intensity of the smell apparently caused eye irritations and gagging.

Throughout the course of history garlic has been used to ward off dark forces including colds, vampires and the Devil; now you can add lawyers and judges to the list.

The police made an arrest after CCTV picked up a man acting suspiciously with an unknown substance in the court. Quite what the charges will be remains to be seen…

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