http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged jail time en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:40 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/weathermen-face-jail-for-getting-it-wrong/ Meteorologists in South Africa could face jail if they get their forecasts wrong, under new legislation. It's hoped the rules will prevent weathermen causing panic and economic damage by getting it wrong about things like drought or flash-flooding. Those wanting to issue a severe weather alert will have to get written permission from South Africa's Weather Service Bill first. Weather forecasters getting it wrong for the first time could face a four or five-... ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:10:00 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/weathermen-face-jail-for-getting-it-wrong/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/knights-bid-to-win-maiden-backfires/ A would-be knight who tried to woo a maiden by riding into her home on a horse is facing five years behind bars for aggravated breaking and entry. Lovelorn Jan Rudnicki, 40, hatched the scheme to bowl over divorcee Gosia Domoslawska after a night's drinking down his local bar in Jarnoltowka, Poland. But terrified Gosia, 36, dialed 999 when her drunken suitor - stripped to the waist - galloped up her garden path and smashed his way through the front door like a ... ]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:17:47 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/knights-bid-to-win-maiden-backfires/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/talk-about-bs-no-jail-time-man-who-repeatedly-raped-his-young-sister/ How can this world be considered to be a just place when a guy who rapes his 4 year old sister repeatedly gets off without a charge? "Justice Blow said the man had started a sexual relationship with his little sister when she was four or five and he was 12. The assaults stopped when the girl was seven. The court heard the girl was raped at least once a week over that time. "She was too young to understand what was happening to her," Justice B... ]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 01:59:18 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/talk-about-bs-no-jail-time-man-who-repeatedly-raped-his-young-sister/ http://www.wtfnews.org/entertainment/mel-gibson-dodges-jail-sentence-after-pleading-no-contest-to-battery-of-ex-girlfriend/ MEL Gibson dodged a jail sentence today after he pleaded "no contest" to the battery of Oksana Grigorieva, his former girlfriend and mother of his youngest child. Wearing a dark suit but no tie, Gibson, 55, agreed to the plea deal before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner. The charges relate to a domestic dispute Gibson had last year with Ms Grigorieva. Gibson will not face any jail time as part of the plea deal. He will, however, ... ]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:49:49 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/entertainment/mel-gibson-dodges-jail-sentence-after-pleading-no-contest-to-battery-of-ex-girlfriend/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/delta-air-lines-pilot-too-drunk-to-fly-jailed-for-six-months/ A DELTA Air Lines pilot was jailed for six months by a UK court for turning up drunk in London to fly a transatlantic passenger plane, according to British media. George La Perle, from Boston, was stopped by security officers at Heathrow airport at 8.30am on November 1 last year because he reeked of alcohol, Isleworth Crown Court in west London was told. When asked, the 49-year-old First Officer said he was flying to New York - when his actual destination was Det... ]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:19:31 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/delta-air-lines-pilot-too-drunk-to-fly-jailed-for-six-months/