Liquored-up Legal Man Staggers Free

A judge from a Cambodian province arrived in Phnom Penh and went for a night out recently. After more than a few drinks he drove through the capital's busy Daun Penh district on the wrong side of the road and smashed into at least 5 motorbikes and a car.

Stopped by police, he attempted to do a runner but was caught and taken to a police station. There, the juiced-up judge smashed a chair over the head of an officer who attempted to question him.

Not much later the blotto beak pays an unspecified amount in damages- money gets you out of almost any problem in Cambodia-and is quietly released after his family claims he suffers from health problems.

And what serious health problems allowed such gentle treatment of this legless, legal referee? High blood pressure.

Well,  excess drinking and rage can do that to you, Judge.