Officers See Funny Side Of Excuses

Court staff couldn't help but smile when a woman told them she did not pay her council tax because her pussy needed regular injections!

Another person on the same charge said his burns flared up from time to time and one man said he had not paid because he had driven his truck off a mountain.

They're just a few of the excuses told to courts in Kent by people facing charges of not paying the fee.

Thanet council recovery officer John Moss said that every month council tax debtors are taken to court and many have been sentenced to prison for failing to pay their bills.

He and his team have now come up with a list of their ten favourite lame excuses which people have used in front of the magistrates.

The top ten are:

• A man standing in the dock with bandaged arms blamed his problem on burns which flared up occasionally

• A man questioned about his spending,admitted splashing out £100 on a pair of trainers because his friend's mum had ordered them and he didn't want them.He said he was saving her the trouble of having to return them

• One chap said he hadn't paid because he driven his lorry off the side of a mountain

• One poor soul said he hadn't paid because he'd been run over by a dumper truck

• A woman claimed burglars had broken into her house and stolen all her council tax bills

• A common excuse is that old favourite - the dog ate it

• Many people say they don't open their junk mail - it all goes in the bin

• A woman said in court that she couldn't pay her bills because her pussy had to have regular injections

• The other old favourite,but slightly odly worded - "I'm under the doctor"

• One wishful thinker claimed he was not to blame because the postman always delivered the post to another address

Mr Moss said "It's an uphill struggle extracting money from those who are reluctant to pay and we have heard just about every excuse there is.

"My officer and the court staff could barely keep a straight face when the woman said her pussy needed regular injections."