I recently represented a client who was set to appear before a magistrates' court for sentencing. I was amused to find that according to the pre-sentence report, the offences he was being sentenced for included: 'Possession of replica fireman x 2'.


Obviously the offences were contrary to the Firemans Act 1968, an esoteric and little used piece of legislation to protect the public from burning replicas.


Paul Bird, Wilson & Bird, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire