Mama mia, let me go!

Well, well, well. It seems that the staff at Leeds Crown court have been overly influenced by the bit in Bohemian Rhapsody that comes before the headbanging, and have let a bunch of criminals go. Nice work, boys! After all, they didn't turn up to court, so best just forget any unpleasantness ever happened, eh?

Shadow prisons spokesman Nick Herbert's quiff was positively erect with excitement at the news, and he's already written to Justice Minister Jack Straw asking for answers, dammit.

Seriously, we are expecting a plague of frogs at Westminster any second. Aside from warts and boils, it's the only one of the ten that hasn't hit the Gord's premiership yet.