funny news makes me happy

I owe this to Mel and Floyd, a hilarious show on WORT, but I'm not surprised that Boing Boing also picked it up from the BBC.

Flasher's 'inadequacy' plea fails
A man convicted of being a serial flasher told a court he could not be guilty as his genitals were too small.

Michael Carney, 41, claimed he was too embarrassed about the size of his manhood to expose himself to women and showed the court photographs as proof. ...

During the three-day trial the defendant told the court: "It causes embarrassment to myself, even to the point where it is with my wife. I wouldn't want myself to be seen in public like that.

"My genitalia are underdeveloped and it is so much smaller than average."

He showed the jury photographs taken by his wife to prove his claims. ...

But the jury convicted him of flashing in front of six different women over a number of years.

The court heard that on most occasions, he exposed himself to passers-by while standing naked in the front window of his home.

But he was also spotted naked on the driveway of his home.

The court also heard he had already been convicted of sexually assaulting five females in his local area while out jogging. ...

To clarify: I am amused by a sex criminal being reduced to claiming/admitting in public he has a small penis and using photographic evidence as proof in a lame attempt to dodge his impending penalty; I am NOT amused by the assaults themselves...