And finally… dress to impress and gtg in court lol

They said: “The Sheriff at that time was very strict about an accused’s court dress - no football colours in particular.

“Consequently I always told the accused to dress smartly for the trial. My client, a young tradesman, turned up for both days of the trial wearing a dinner suit and bow tie (borrowed from an uncle).

“Neither the Sheriff nor myself had the heart to tell him he was overdressed!

“He was acquitted.”

A federal court in Germany has granted two defendants a retrial because the judge at their trial was discovered texting her babysitter during testimony.

The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) found, thankfully, that “even in an age of limitless mobile phone and internet use”, the judge “must devote full attention to the hearing”.

The men, who were on trial in Frankfurt, were accusing of being in a knife fight.

But the BGH threw their convictions out this week as the judge checked her phone several times over ten minutes of witness testimony.

She also texted her babysitter twice as the hearing was running longer than expected.

Thomas Fischer, the BGH judge, said that such devices “do not belong in the courtroom – that goes for onlookers, lawyers and of course also for judges.”

He told the judge to call a recess in the event of an emergency and thereafter assume the bench again – focusing on her case.