Whilst watching the BBC's 10 o clock news last night, the main national and international news was finished and we were handed over to Belfast for the Local news from Northern Ireland. The news was dominated by the Assembly elections and to be honest I was only half listening, as I was wondering what ntl bill to pay.

The newscaster went on mention that a jury in a case of a man accused of holding up a lingerie shop, at knife point,were sent to a hotel for the night. The defence offered by the man, Robert Boyd, was that he thought he was an elf named "Beho" at the time, and did'nt know what was going on. BBCNI

I said to myself "hello, looks like the QC's are at it again, as they were in Micheal Stones performance art defence that was entered when he stormed Stormont in November 06. Sadly no, this appears to be a defence entered by Boyd himself.

This got me thinking, defence's in legal cases appear to be becoming more lavish and silly, so to that end here are a few that you might use, or, rent out to your QC or SC depending on jurisdiction.

• "I only drank the 15 pints, 10 vodka's and redbull, and 5 double whiskey chasers, to see if indeed it impaired my driving. This was a social experiment, Justice"
• "When I bought the gun, it came without any instructions, it was only when I shot the shopkeeper during the robbery that I realised that these things are dangerous. This is a classic example of shoddy customer service, Justice"
• "I entered the field in order to relieve myself, whilst in the field a sheep appeared out of the dark, and kept backing into me. I in no way encouraged the sheep to do this, Justice"
• "But sure, I was out of my head during the riot, I can't remember throwing the petrol bomb at the police. I was under duress, Justice"

Feel free to add more...................

I enjoyed that blog, it made me laugh out loud.

I seem to recall the sheep defence being used in the 1980's in Cork, the guy attracted the nickname "Johnny Boo Sheep" for his trouble.