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I've just got a cold ear officer

A German lorry driver has escaped a fine after telling police he was using his mobile phone to warm his ear, rather than talking on it.

The court accepted the man's claim that the phone, which had been recharging, was being used to warm up his ears as the cab of his lorry was cold.

He told the court: "I had an earache and it was being made worse because the cab had not heated up yet - it takes a while on a big rig.

"So I grabbed the phone that had been on charge and put it to my ear, and that was when I was stopped by police."

He did produce an itemised telephone bill however, proving he had not been using the phone at the time he was stopped, or at least that he had not called anyone.

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