This morons stupidity made me laugh
A juror who claimed he was ill during a court case so he could go watch a West End musical with his mother will spend Christmas behind bars.
Matthew Banks, 19, went to see a production of Chicago in London when he should have been in a Manchester court for the fifth day of a trial.
But before the curtain went up on the show, court officials discovered his deception and sent police looking for him.
The Manchester University language student has now been sent to Forest Bank Young Offenders' Institution for 14 days after admitting contempt of court.
Banks looked stunned as he was led away to start his sentence.
Judge Martin Rudland said Banks' offence was too serious for a suspended jail term because of the frivolous reason for his absence and the lies he told to try and manipulate Manchester Crown Court.
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