'Too fat to go to jail' | The Courier-Mail
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A MAN considered too obese to be jailed - for smashing a glass over another man's head during an altercation at a pub - has spoken out about escaping prison time.
Shepparton man Claude Jackson is currently doing community service for smashing a glass over another man's head at a Shepparton bar on January 14, 2007.
The victim, Tim Kirkman, received a 4cm cut to his neck in the incident and required hospital treatment.
Jackson pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury and affray.
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More at link. Shepparton isn't local to me, it's a regional rural town in the state of Victoria.