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Police hunt farting dissident

Police in Poland have launched a nationwide hunt for a man who farted loudly when asked what he thought of the president, ananova.com reports. Hubert Hoffman, 45, was stopped by police in a routine check at a Warsaw railway station. He complained that under President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, the country was returning to a Communist style dictatorship.

When told to show more respect for the country’s rulers, he farted loudly and was promptly arrested on a charge of “contempt for the office of the head of state.” After being released on bail Hoffman failed to turn up at a Warsaw court early this week to be tried. Defence lawyers attempted to have the charges thrown out, but the judge in the case rejected this appeal.

A court spokesman said: “Such a case of disrespect is taken very seriously.” Instead the court ordered the police to start a nationwide hunt for the man. In order to better facilitate his capture, Interpol have now been alerted to the situation.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .