Flying Sorcerer

Lawsuit Isn't Alien In This Case

A lawyer who landed an out-of-this-world job defending people who have suffered at the hands of aliens has started his first major case. Jens Lorek announced last year he would defend those whose close encounters with outer space visitors left them physically and mentally shattered. Now he has his first client - hotel chef Paul Hoffmann, 23, who claims he was kidnapped by aliens and has never been the same since. Hoffmann said: "About two years ago a cross-shaped space ship sucked me up and took me to space. When I came around, it was daylight again." He does not remember the aliens' looks, but only that he had been "manipulated" and was sent back to earth as an "apprentice shaman". When police caught him naked on a bike, he was sent to the psychiatric ward of a local hospital. Lorek thinks that police acted wrongly and is demanding his client's release.