Five things you might have missed last week

1. Expensive grope

A Helsinki court jailed a couple in their twenties for extortion after they charged a 74-year-old man with dementia £17,000 for fondling the woman's breasts on ten occasions. Judge Hasse Hakki observed: "Based on general life experience alone, it is indisputably clear that this charge is disproportionate."

2. Buy it now

Three-year-old Jack Neale of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, logged on to his parents' computer and bought a pink Nissan car for £9,000 on eBay. "Jack's a whizz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons," said his mother. Luckily, the seller was amused.

3. Tales of woe

Moscow City Council is paying actors to stand outside casinos dressed as tramps. The hope is that they will curb gambling addiction by regaling passers-by with hard-luck stories of how gambling cost them their fortunes.

4. The real queen

A gay, 15-year-old boy beat three girls to become carnival queen in Axbridge, Somerset. Thousands cheered as David Bridge, ignoring threats he would be pelted with eggs, paraded through town in a tiara and dress. Robin Goodfellow, the carnival chairman, said: "We couldn't eliminate him just because he was male."

5. Heads you lose

Burglars in Vienna bolted in terror after finding eight mummified heads in the basement of a flat they had broken into. They were used by a dentist for research.

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