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Man jailed for blowing a bubble of gum in court
A 20-year-old Melbourne man was jailed last night after blowing a bubble of gum in court.
Magistrate Rodney Crisp sentenced apprentice painter Mirza Zukanic to 30 days' jail after he was charged with contempt and accused of 'challenging the court's authority', the Herald Sun reports.
Zukanic was appearing on an assault-related matter but was sent to prison after blowing and popping a bubble of gum while looking at the magistrate.
The Supreme Court granted him bail late last night after his lawyers appealed the charge.
"We are extremely pleased to have him released this evening," his lawyer, George Defteros, was quoted as saying.
"We are instructed to pursue his legal rights and entitlements fully."
The judgement has received criticism from some rights groups but won praise from police.
"If there were more magistrates like this, the city would be a safer place," one officer told News Limited.
Australian Council of Civil Liberties president Terry O'Gorman described the magistrate's penalty as excessive.
"For someone of that youth, jail should be a sentence of last resort, if no other option is available," Mr O'Gorman said.
"On the face of it, it seems to be a pretty severe penalty for what is purely unattractive behaviour."
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Court grants woman right to die
A South Australian woman who uses a wheelchair has been given the right to die by refusing to take food and medication without her carers facing prosecution.
The judgment is believed to be a first in South Australia and reflects a similar ruling in Western Australia last year.
The woman in her 70s told her nursing home to stop giving her food and drink and the drug insulin, knowing she would die.
South Australian Supreme Court Justice Chris Kourakis does not consider her refusal to be suicide.
The nursing home was concerned it might be breaking the law by carrying out her wishes, but the woman argued it would be illegal for the home not to do so.
Justice Kourakis ruled the home will not be assisting in a suicide nor committing other crimes if it complies with her desires.
The identities of the woman and the nursing home have been suppressed.
'Cruel' death
Voluntary Euthanasia Society president Frances Coombe says the court decision is welcome, but the woman will have to starve to death, which is a cruel way to die.
"We would hope that she wouldn't take that long to die, but certainly it really highlights the shame," she said.
"It's a shameful way to treat people and indeed if we treated our animals and our pets like that we could be prosecuted for cruelty."
The aged care sector says the court ruling highlights an issue for nursing homes.
Chief executive of Aged and Community Services, Alan Graham, says there is no official position within the industry about assisting with a patient's death and the issue needs to discussed as soon as possible.
"They do need to have a conversation about the complexity of the issue and that conflict between the individual's choice and the moral positions that may be taken by various organisations," he said.
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Dutch court delays girl's round-the-world sail bid
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MIDDELBURG, Netherlands (AFP) - Dutch judges on Thursday extended a ban delaying a 14-year-old schoolgirl's bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo.
The district court at Middelburg in the southwestern Netherlands ruled that the safety risks for Laura Dekker were still too high.
It granted an application by child protection services to keep Dekker under their supervision for an extra month until August 1.
"Not enough attention has been paid to the court's concerns for her social-emotional and identity development," said judge Suzanne Kuypers.
"The court is of the opinion that it is in the interests of the child to extend the supervision."
Dekker needs to complete the two-year trip before she turns 17 on September 20, 2012 to make the record. Her father, Dick Dekker, supports her bid.
Her lawyer, Peter de Lange, described the ruling as "a dark day for the Dutch legal system".
"What does one have to do in this country to be allowed to execute one's plans?" he asked, adding the girl's father was "very disappointed". He said he had not yet spoken to Laura.
In May, Australia's Jessica Watson became the youngest person at 16 to sail around the world non-stop, solo and unassisted. But last week, a US teenager on a similar mission was plucked from her stricken yacht in the Indian Ocean.
De Lange said Dekker still hoped to beat Watson's record "even if it is by one day", adding she could shorten her trip by making fewer stops.
"We are still hoping she can make it, but it is becoming harder to be optimistic. She wants to leave as soon as possible."
Dekker had prepared "fanatically" to allay the court's concerns, the lawyer added, describing how she had obtained a first aid diploma, registered with a distance education facility to continue her schooling at sea, gained solo sailing experience and learned sleep management techniques.
"She even bought a new boat: a bigger, safer boat with more instruments," with the help of sponsors, he said.
Judge Kuypers ordered another hearing to be held on July 20 to get the opinion of a sailing expert, an update on the teenager's emotional well-being, and to study a full plan for her trip.
The supervision could be extended by a further month after that hearing.
Dekkers' plans to set sail last September were thwarted by the intervention of child care officials and a subsequent court ruling placing her under their supervision until July 1, when the school year ends.
In December, she breached the court order, running away to the Dutch Caribbean island territory of Sint Maarten (St. Martin). Police had to escort her back home.
An appeals court in May, citing "great and unacceptable risks", upheld the first ruling, saying Dekkers' father "has a limited appreciation of the risks involved" and "overestimates" her abilities.