Where is Hitler when you need him
Rabbis at a Jewish court allegedly condemned a dog to death by stoning – because they thought it was the reincarnation of a secular lawyer who they’d cursed for insulting them.
The rabbinical court reportedly passed down the draconian sentence after a large dog wandered into a court in Mea Shearim, an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem.
When it refused to leave, one of the judges allegedly declared the lawyer’s spirit must have moved into the dog as punishment, and sentenced it to death by stoning – at the hands of local children.
The dog managed to escape, but an animal rights organisation called police and lodged a complaint against the head of the court, according to Israeli website Ynet.
According to the site, the incident happened after the dog made its way into Mea Shearim’s Monetary Affairs court, where it frightened both judges and plaintiffs.