An Australian man was jailed for 30 days for blowing a bubble in court, reports said on Friday.
Mirza Zukanovic, 20, was up an assault-related charge when he blew his gum into a bubble and popped it as he looked at magistrate Rodney Crisp, News Limited newspapers said.
Instead of demanding an apology or fine, an incensed Rodney Crisp issued a jail term and sent Mirza Zukanovic down to the cells for scandalising the court and challenging its authority.
He was later freed by Melbourne’s Supreme Court pending an appeal against the sentence, which his lawyer described as too harsh.
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‘Faith in US Prez dips since oil spill’
Washington, June 18: Fewer Americans think that President Barack Obama is tough enough to handle a crisis after the oil spill disaster, a poll published on Thursday found, noting a decline similar to that suffered by George W. Bush after Hurricane Katrina.
About 53 per cent of those surveyed judged Obama to be a solid and effective leader, seven points less than in January.
Conducted by CNN/Opinion Research Corporation after Mr Obama’s primetime address to the nation on Tuesday, the poll “offers evidence that the public’s view of Mr Obama’s leadership is following the same pattern that George W. Bush experienced after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in 2005,” CNN said. —AFP