Odd Stories: Acquittal Questioned Because of Sleeping Judge

Stockholm – A prosecutor in Sweden has one of the best reasons to question the acquittal of a man charged with signing off on fake invoices totalling 36-thousand dollars– the judge fell asleep. Twice.


"I don't know if the [judge] in question was particularly tired or something to that effect. This just simply should not happen," said regional prosecutor Nils-Eric Schultz.

The man was acquitted, and possibly got away with the crime, after the court ruled there wasn't enough evidence to prove the invoices were fake.

Schultz said the judge had been asleep while the defendant was being questioned and each time the judge fell asleep, the trial was interrupted.