Trial by Combat Rejected

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Court refuses trial by combat By David Sapsted 12:01AM GMT 16 Dec 2002 A court has rejected a 60-year-old man's attempt to invoke the ancient right to trial by combat, rather than pay a £25 fine for a minor motoring offence.

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A newspaper article reports that a 60-year-old man tried to avoid a small motoring fine by demanding trial by combat. The joke comes from treating an ancient medieval practice as a real legal option for a minor traffic offence, fitting the “Literally 1984” reaction about absurd authoritarian law.

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