Two snippets from planet legal this fine day.

Bug-eyed monster

Been pulled over by the cops? Concerned about the illicit cocaine not-very-carefully-secreted on your car’s dashboard? Worried about hiding the evidence?

Then why not follow the method allegedly followed by Massachusetts teenager, Art Taylor and swallow your whole stash, plastic bag and all. After all, drug mules do it all the time, don’t they?

One reason, obviously, is that ingesting a large amount of suspicious white powder may make your eyes bulge from your head when it comes to the moment for the mug shot. It’s just not very subtle, Ant.

Read the full story here.
 



The circle of life

Congratulations are due to Carl and Faye Lygo, who have just celebrated the birth of their fifth child, Rex. The more eagle-eyed amongst you may note that new dad Carl just happens to be CEO of BPP (presumably that’s in his spare time, when not breeding an enormous tribe of children). Check out his profile here. 

Despite (or maybe because of) his high-profile job – the overseeing the collection of outrageous fees from desperate students – Carl seems a slightly disorganised chap. Or maybe it’s Faye’s fault that baby Rex is the second of the Lygo brood to be born on the backseat of a car.

And despite it being the fifth run-through, it was all a bit too much for Carl, who – although he laid out some towels to protect his seats - refused to pull over, such was the (entirely understandable) screaming and gurning from the back of the car (Rex was a bouncing 9lb 7oz). Carl told the Daily Mail that he “didn’t want to get involved”. Hmm – perhaps you should have thought of that nine months ago, Carl...

Anyway, congratulations all round.

Read the whole story here (Daily Mail alert).





Just some of the Lygo family