It sounds like somebody was more nervous about the man’s sentencing than the man himself.
According to Metro, the trial for a 41-year-old UK man came to an abrupt halt Wednesday afternoon when a person in the gallery ripped a fart that was so atrocious the courtroom had to be cleared.
David John Dennett was sentenced by the Mansfield Magistrates’ Court to 14 weeks in prison for carrying an ax into a pub, as well as being found guilty for an assault charge for which he was out on bail. And that was apparently too much to handle for one of the ten people who made up the public gallery.
“The judge handed down the sentence and then paused to let it sink in,” said reporter Nick Frame. “And in that silence, someone farted. We tried to stay composed, but eventually everyone started laughing.”
The gallery was seated in some kind of glass enclosure, and they were all asked to exit the courtroom so the judge could finish the trial.
There was no video of the incident, but here’s what might have happened if the courtroom wouldn’t have been cleared:
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