A court has been reduced to childish sniggering as witnesses, barristers and the judge started arguing over who was a dickhead and who was a c**t.

The trial was of Common deputy speaker Nigel Evans who was accused of rape and sexual assault. During the proceedings at Preston Crown Court testimony was heard from ex-MP Lembit Opik. The banana-faced Lib Dem claimed that when he forgot to buy one of Evan's alleged victims a drink at the Commons bar, the man called him "a fucking dickhead". Later in the trial the same complainant admitted that when John Bercow refused to drink with him he called the Commons Speaker "a c**t" .

    "It was bluebell time in shitting Kent"

In his summing up Judge Mr Justice King decided to go over the slurs, but due to confusion or excitment got mixed up and pronounced that Opik had been called "a c**t" and Bercow "a fucking dickhead". Evans' barrister, keen to keep the facts straight, stood up and explained that actually Opik was the dickhead, and Bercow the c**t.

At which point the room dissolved into hysterics and Judge King decided he understood the point, it was time to move on and everyone needed to grow up.
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Anonymous 13 May 14 14:17

@10:19 well done for pointing out that this may have been taken from the Private Eye.

3 gold stars for you...