Flo’s fight and the three dwarves

The Manila Standard Today (www.manilastandardtoday.com) got the scoop of the week with news of the bonkers antics of Filipino judge Florentino Floro Jr, who got sacked by the Supreme Court for his somewhat eccentric beliefs.

The Beeb (www.bbc.co.uk) soon followed up with: “A Philippines judge who said he consulted imaginary mystic dwarves has failed to convince the Supreme Court to allow him to keep his job…

“He told investigators three mystic dwarves – Armand, Luis and Angel – had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.

“The court said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary.

“The bench backed a medical finding that the judge was suffering from psychosis…”The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time…”However, the Supreme Court said dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public’s acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule.”