A man showed two fingers to a judge who had imprisoned his brother — and nearly ended up in jail himself. District Judge Steve Harmes had just sentenced Rhys Griffiths when the defendant's brother Ashley made the rude gesture.
While security staff were escorting Rhys from the Cardiff Magistrates' Court dock to start his 16-week stretch for assault, Ashley was heading from the public gallery towards the courtroom's exit. As Ashley approached the door he turned towards Judge Harmes, raised two fingers and muttered something under his breath.
Judge Harmes then pointed towards the dock and told Ashley: "Get in there." Rhys stopped to protest and began resisting the security guards' attempts to take him to the cells. But the judge told him: "You go, unless you want some more time."
