court threw out his audacious bid. Steve Ogier, 48, claimed he was immune from planning rules as the self-styled ruler of an independent state in Guernsey.He launched his bizarre legal bid to get around planning rules barring him from building a small home on his plot.
Ogier argued that worms and insects were his subjects after the island's Royal Court said he needed a populace to be a ruler.
Ogier told the court his "country" was established in May 2019 and would have a population of five "voting" members alongside the insects – and they would all have their own passport.When that didn't fly he vowed to take his fight all the way to the UN but has now been convicted of five planning offences and warned that he faces up to two years behind.
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