An army sergeant who was found with child pornography images “buried” in the memory of his computer has being acquitted by direction of a judge.

An Australian inmate who used laxatives to lose more than two stones in weight so he could squeeze through a hole in a prison wall had been frustrated by the indefinite sentence he was serving, a judge said today.

Jurors in the Michael Jackson molestation case were apparently overheard laughing at a remark that might have been mocking a witness, although no court action was expected.

Pop babe Kylie Minogue’s roadie escaped speeding charges on Tuesday when English judges let him off to tour with the sexy singer.