In a tribute to Macbeth and Bonnie Prince Charlie, Raymond Scott was escorted to Durham Crown Court in a horse-drawn carriage, wearing a tartan kilt and drinking a bottle of Drambuie.
The 52-year-old was accompanied by his researcher, a bodyguard named Tiny, a bagpipe player and a Frank Sinatra tribute act, who Mr Scott joined for a pavement rendition of My Way.
Speaking from the carriage, Mr Scott said: “I’m wearing the tartan of Bonnie Prince Charlie. I’m allowed to wear it because I’m a faint member of his bloodline. I recommended that for today I might have a haggis flavoured Pot Noodle, but the people at Golden Wonder did not like that.
“I had thought about Julius Caesar, but I don’t look nice in a toga and it’s a bugger trying to find a chariot. It’s a rather dull, grey world, all in all, and I like to add a little colour. Even if I was accused of stealing a tin of corned beef from Tesco, I’d still arrive in such a fashion.”
Mr Scott, of Sandford Close, Wingate, County Durham, is accused of stealing a 1623 Shakespeare First Folio from Durham University in 1998. He faces charges including theft and handling stolen goods.
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