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Trouserless man blames leprechaun
Thursday, October 18, 2007

A man arrested for breaking into a car while not wearing any trousers came up with an impressive excuse – he told police he thought a leprechaun had let him into the car.

Kim Leblanc, of Cincinnati, reportedly admitted to authorities that he had been using drugs.

According to investigators, Leblanc broke into a car parked overnight on Central Parkway in Cincinnati on Tuesday, and promptly fell asleep inside.

He was trouserless when the car's owner found him, and called the police. Leblanc told officers that he had been taking drugs, and believed he had been let into the car by a leprechaun.

His leprechaun claim marks an impressive return for the 'mythical creature' defence for criminal actions. This defence first came to prominence when a man in Northern Ireland blamed his armed robbery of a lingerie store on an Elven rogue.

However, it suffered a blow when it turned out that an alleged drunk driver had not, as reported, told police that his vehicle was actually being driven by a unicorn, but by a woman. Women are not mythical creatures.

Leblanc faces a number of charges.