South Africa

No, I didn't make this up! Its one of those stories that is so off the wall it must be true :

"Cape Town - Even if he doesn't live up to his name, it's going to take a hard-hearted magistrate to pronounce him guilty.

 

Always Innocent (his actual name) is facing a charge of possession of suspected stolen goods, and was scheduled to have appeared for trial in Cape Town magistrate's court on Wednesday.

 

But, regardless of his culpability he did not appear, and magistrate Aziz Hamied issued a warrant for his arrest. Prosecutor Monde Mfeya said Innocent, who was a foreign national whom he believed was Tanzanian, had been out on warning.

 

He had not yet pleaded to the charge"