Cork postman let off the hook after claiming that his speed fine got lost... in the post

As excuses go it’s up there with the dog ate my homework and ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman.’ But hey, it worked so who are we to rain on this Cork postman’s parade?

We can’t actually verify the exact details of this story or when exactly it happened (if anyone has more information feel free to let us know) but after stumbling upon a photograph of this headline taken from the court pages of The Corkman newspaper, we thought it too good not to bring to your attention.

Pic via Twitter/The Poke

It appears that a postman from the People’s Republic, one Martin Busteed of Mayfield, appeared in court last week over an unpaid speeding fine that he claimed he didn’t receive... because it got lost in the post.

Not surprisingly, the courtroom descended into laughter upon hearing Martin’s excuse but while many of them would have naturally assume that Martin got Busteed, it seems as if the judge took pity on him and accepted his plea.

In the course of researching the story we stumbled upon more gold from the Corkman in recent weeks as immediately above the postman story in the paper is a tale of a criminal gang who attempted to steal animals from a Cork farm but were foiled in their attempts to do so... after being attacked by a ferret.

A couple of weeks back, meanwhile, the paper carried the quite brilliant story of a farmer who recovered his stolen sheep after one of his lambs recognised him at the mart.

Pic via Facebook/The Corkman

Irish local newspapers, eh? They really are the gift that keep on giving.