A man claiming to be Jesus Christ has been chased out of court by police in Scotland.
He appeared on Wednesday during a hearing at the Inner House of the Court of Session where Scottish independence campaigners are appealing against their eviction from a camp outside the Scottish Parliament.
Dressed in robes, 'Jesus' told a BBC reporter tweeting the case that he had a USB stick proving he was Christ before telling a clerk that he was responding to a court summons. When the clerk said that no new evidence was being accepted, he said he was "very serious" and demanded to speak to a judge. Police asked the man to leave, but instead the self-professed Messiah climbed onto the benches shouting that there had been a miscarriage of justice. In scenes not witnessed since the incident in the temple, he was chased round the court and eventually physically removed by officers.
Although the independence campaigners said they were not associated with the man, Christ has been a key component of their case. Appellant Richard McFarlane told the three judges hearing the appeal that Christ had given the camp permission to camp in front of Hollyrood (and excused them from paying any costs in the case, conveniently). He said that the Queen was crowned "on a false Stone of Destiny", that the judges should swear allegiance to Jesus and that the UK authorities had known of Christ's return since 1998. McFarlane also warned the judges that they faced "the second death" and that one of them, Lord Turnbull, was "disrespectful to Father" and "blasphemous". He finished by requesting an adjournment on the basis that an affidavit from Jesus Christ had "gone missing" which meant the court did not have "all the facts".
Quoting the US constitution, the Magna Carta and Pitt the Elder, a fellow appellant who only wanted to be known as "David" blasted the proceedings as a "show trial" but then started to cry and removed himself from the case. As he left the courtroom he vowed to set up his own trial with a jury. Meanwhile, a supporter in the public gallery shouted that the court had "forgotten about the witchcraft and magic".
The judges have retired toput a cool flannel on their foreheads consider the appeal and will emerge in three days.
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He appeared on Wednesday during a hearing at the Inner House of the Court of Session where Scottish independence campaigners are appealing against their eviction from a camp outside the Scottish Parliament.
Dressed in robes, 'Jesus' told a BBC reporter tweeting the case that he had a USB stick proving he was Christ before telling a clerk that he was responding to a court summons. When the clerk said that no new evidence was being accepted, he said he was "very serious" and demanded to speak to a judge. Police asked the man to leave, but instead the self-professed Messiah climbed onto the benches shouting that there had been a miscarriage of justice. In scenes not witnessed since the incident in the temple, he was chased round the court and eventually physically removed by officers.
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Although the independence campaigners said they were not associated with the man, Christ has been a key component of their case. Appellant Richard McFarlane told the three judges hearing the appeal that Christ had given the camp permission to camp in front of Hollyrood (and excused them from paying any costs in the case, conveniently). He said that the Queen was crowned "on a false Stone of Destiny", that the judges should swear allegiance to Jesus and that the UK authorities had known of Christ's return since 1998. McFarlane also warned the judges that they faced "the second death" and that one of them, Lord Turnbull, was "disrespectful to Father" and "blasphemous". He finished by requesting an adjournment on the basis that an affidavit from Jesus Christ had "gone missing" which meant the court did not have "all the facts".
Quoting the US constitution, the Magna Carta and Pitt the Elder, a fellow appellant who only wanted to be known as "David" blasted the proceedings as a "show trial" but then started to cry and removed himself from the case. As he left the courtroom he vowed to set up his own trial with a jury. Meanwhile, a supporter in the public gallery shouted that the court had "forgotten about the witchcraft and magic".
The judges have retired to
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