An accountant took the organisers of a swingers' festival to court after they barred him from entering for not having references.

Roy Maggs, 49, travelled to the Swingfields event looking forward to three days of encounters with strangers.

Mr Maggs paid £127.85 for a ticket, but when he arrived he was told he could not get in after he failed to provide character references.

He had not read the small print that stated single men who wished to attend needed two references from fellow swingers.