For everyone who ever wanted to play head games with a lawyer...

High court hang-ups

'Why did you steal 40,000 hotel coat hangers, knowing that hotel coat hangers are designed to be useless outside hotel wardrobes?'

Miles Kington
15 October 2002

A most extraordinary trial is going on in the High Court at the moment in which a man named Chrysler is accused of stealing more than 40,000 coat hangers from hotels round the world. He admits his guilt, but in his defence he claims that – well, perhaps it would be simpler just to bring you a brief extract from the trial. We join the case at the point where Chrysler has just taken the stand.

Normally, I'd post a story like this over at BitchQueen, my collection of "stupid human tricks", but this is far to hilarious not to share with everyone.  Just go read it, ok?  :)

In another transcript from the same trial, you can read the further adventures of Arnold Chrysler and the joys of hotel-style home decor.