A convicted fraudster who stole more than £16,500 from a charity fund for his dying son was thrown out of court yesterday after refusing to stand up for magistrates.
Julian Emms, 52, who was jailed for three years in 2012 after embezzling cash from a fund set up to help his son Michael fight Motor Neuron disease.
Emms was escorted from Cheltenham Magistrates' Court at around 2.45pm yesterday after he refused to stand when the three Magistrates entered the court room.
The father of three was not facing any charges in the court and was in the public gallery.
According to
Gloucestershire Live, Emms refused to stand up claiming he was a 'freeman on the land' and therefore was not subject to the laws of the land.
Emms then continued to argue with court security officials until he had to run off as his car park ticket was running out of time.
The former fraudster said: 'I'd been in the court for a couple of hours when they demanded I stand.
'I do not stand under your laws. I am a public person. I wasn't there as a witness or on trial.
'Obviously in this court system I don't have rights. It's ridiculous. I can drive a car with no tax and do whatever I want. It's everybody's right.'