MIAMI, FLORIDA - A Miami defense attorney is feeling the heat after his pants caught fire as he delivered closing arguments in an arson case. Witnesses told the Miami Herald that 28-year-old Stephen Gutierrez was fiddling in his pocket Wednesday while addressing jurors when smoke started billowing from his pants. At the time, he was arguing that his client's car spontaneously combusted and wasn't intentionally set on fire. When Gutierrez returned unharmed, he insisted it wasn't a staged defence gone wrong. Gutierrez represented 48-year-old Claudy Charles who was eventually convicted of second-degree arson.

Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2017 17:03 UTC