AdilanClub: Judge falls asleep in court

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A Russian judge has resigned after a video showed him asleep during a trial that ended with him sentencing the defendant to five years in a penal colony.

Critics of the Russian justice system, which has a notoriously high conviction rate, were outraged when the video purporting to show judge Yevgeny Makhno sleeping through a defense lawyer’s speech in court was posted online in January, Russian media reported.

"The Judges Qualification Panel accepted Makhno's resignation from his judge's post," regional judge and panel member Valentina Pozharskaya told state news agency RIA Novosti.

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Najib, Rosmah expected in court: All eyes on what questions Anwar will ask

The sodomy trial of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has added another feather to its hat of court-room drama. No less than Prime Minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor, whom Anwar has accused of hatching the sodomy plot with complainant Saiful Bukhari Azlan, have been summoned to testify in open court .

Both husband and wife had last week refused to speak when they attended a preliminary interview with Anwar's lawyers ahead of this week's trial. The interview was to determine if they should be called as witnesses. As the first couple did not co-operate, the defense sought and obtained a court summons or subpoenae; they now have to present themselves before open court and answer the questions put forward by the defence team of Anwar Ibrahim.