[UK] Court refuses trial by combat.

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Court refuses trial by combat - Telegraph

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.

Leon Humphreys remained adamant yesterday that his right to fight a champion nominated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was still valid under European human rights legislation. He said it would have been a "reasonable" way to settle the matter.

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.

Humphreys, an unemployed mechanic, was taken to court after refusing to pay the original £25 fixed penalty for failing to notify the DVLA that his Suzuki motorcycle was off the road.

After entering a not guilty plea, he threw down his unconventional challenge. Humphreys, from Bury St Edmunds, said: "I was willing to fight a champion put up by the DVLA, but it would have been a fight to the death."
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If only they would have allowed this :(
 
that would've been fucking awesome

imagine how much money struggling municipalities could make if they televised a trial by combat
 
yet another snub against the reality of our viking past by those who wish to propagate the lie that we are european

it's been going on since the normans :[
 
Glare said:
that would've been fucking awesome

imagine how much money struggling municipalities could make if they televised a trial by combat
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Air the combats on a dedicated pay-per-view channel and then use the funding from that to train up some badass fighters to back up the justice system, there is no way this could possibly go wrong :boogie:

It would class as entertainment AND help reduce crime by watching people get slaughtered :D.
 
imagine that you're a downtrodden badass with a court date who cant afford a good lawyer

instead of trying to cross the border or going on a killing spree in a blaze of glory you elect a trial by combat

fuck yeah
 
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