AUSTRIA: A Czech man who threatened to carry on breaking the law so he could spend Xmas in jail thanked the judge who finally obliged him.

Radim Kopecky, 22, told the court in Korneuburg, Austria, that life in jail โ€” especially at Christmas โ€” was much better than living as a free man in his home land.

He was looking forward to have a roof over his head, the and regular meals.