Prisoner freed for being too fat

"Michel Lapointe - also known as Big Mike - was set free three months before his scheduled release date because his 30st weight was making prison life 'hell'. The 37-year-old had served 25 months for drug trafficking, conspiracy and gangsterism. 'In the end, some might say he got off easy,' Mr Lapointe's lawyer Clemente Monterosso was quoted as saying by Canada's Globe And Mail newspaper. 'But he didn't choose to be morbidly obese. This man is a colossus.'" - Sky