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The criminal courts and professional tribunals are full of bizarre stories that have been kept hidden from the general public - until now. Many are deemed too trivial or too distasteful to be broadcast or published in newspapers. But who could fail to be shocked by the fairground ride that ended in horror when a gondola was catapulted into an amusement stall? Who would not be disgusted by a nurse who exposed his penis in hospital and asked a colleague to measure it? Now for the first time Courtnewsuk invites you into a secret world that can only be described as 'Surreal'.

WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS ARE REPORTED IN SOME OF THE FOLLOWING CASES WHICH ARE INTENDED FOR ADULT CONSUMPTION ONLY


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THE BOGUS BARRISTER


Several fraudsters have been dubbed 'King Con.' But after posing as the DPP for years, Paul Bint is no pretender to the throne...
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THE BARE-FACED CONTESSA


Elda Beguinua claimed she was one of the world's richest women to dupe victims in a fairy tale con
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THE FARTING DENTIST


Matthew Walton added to the stress of a visit to the dentist's in a rather extraordinary manner.
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WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PUNCH AN 80 YEAR-OLD WOMAN?


You are a nurse. You lose your temper. With a woman aged 80. Who is in intensive care. You call her a f****** bitch. You punch her in the chest. You lose your job - right? Err, well, it was an isolated incident...
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DEATH BY SHED


Pensioner Ron Rutter may have been suffocated to death - by his shed.
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THE 'APPALLING' ORDEAL OF THE JET-SET ASYLUM SEEKER


Asylum seekers often claim they have suffered terrible ordeals. Amina Muse told the authorities she was gang raped in Somalia. The only problem was it was at a time when she carrying out another dole fraud in Sweden.
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THE HORNY DENTIST


Dentist Roger Klein destroyed his life when he got a little bit carried away at a woman's home.
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BUTTOCK SURGERY NIGHTMARE


Rachel Soanes died after an operation to inject fat into her face from her buttocks went tragically wrong.
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THE AMOROUS DOCTOR


Many husbands feel amorous towards their wives from time to time - especially when they have just shared a romantic telephone call. But Dr Aumed Salih went a little bit too far...
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TRAGIC DEATH OF THE SHOWBIZ LEGEND


Lester Middlehurst had lived the life most of us can only dream of in world of glamour - but a grimmer end is difficult to imagine.
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I IMAGINE YOUR RED UNDERWEAR


Nurse Spencer Lowe just could not stop exposing himself - and even asked a colleague to run the rule over him.
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TICKET EXPIRED


Pawel Modzelewski took a bus trip around London but would never be able to pay his fare, largely because he was dead.
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FAILED MY DRIVING TEST? WILL A WAD OF NOTES DO?


Here's a novel way to pass your driving test - open your handbag and offer the examiner cash. If he reports you, make a few unfounded sexual allegations. But no wonder Dita Gjergji is smiling - she drives a Mercedes now and has two years to pay her fine.
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KILLED BY HIS OWN SIGNET RING


John Lopez and the hospital nurses searched high and low for his signet ring. But they would never find it under his bed because it was in his stomach and was slowly killing him...
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BROWN PENIS?


Physiotherapist Anthon Ranjit-Singh admitted he showed a nurse his penis. But he was rightly cleared of any wrong doing - because it was all part of a bit of jolly banter at the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital.
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DENTIST REMOVES PENSIONER'S TEETH


As a dentist, removing teeth was Shaun Edwards' business - both in and out of the sugery
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