| Jailed for life for throwing slipper at judge |
| An Indian judge has sentenced a robber to life imprisonment for hurling a slipper at him.
Judge C D Gongale managed to duck in time when Rajkumar Sharma threw his slipper at him, reports The Times of India.
The 19-year-old appeared before the judge in Mumbai after he was accused of robbing an auto rickshaw driver of £5.20.
Senior lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani said: "The punishment is excessive but the accused's conduct is unpardonable."
Using footwear as missiles is not new to courts in Mumbai and there have been several incidents where disgruntled convicts have flung their slippers at judges.
The paper said suspects are now produced without their shoes in some courts to avoid such incidents.
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| Naked Man Slips Onto U.N. Property |
| NEW YORK (AP) - A naked man ran onto the high-security grounds of the United Nations on Friday while a gate was being opened to allow a car to enter, police said.
The man was running north on First Avenue at 11:07 a.m. when he slipped through the open gate near 42nd Street, said a police spokesman, Detective Kenneth Czartoryski.
The man was stopped by U.N. security guards and held until police arrived. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, said Czartoryski.
The man identified himself to police and said he was 32 years old. But because he carried no ID, police could not immediately verify his name.
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