The King of Rock ‘n Roll

YOU ain't nuthin' but a hound dawg' Just a-rockin' all the time ...

- William Shakespeare

A judge in Missouri, in the US, is in hot water for wearing an Elvis Presley wig in the courtroom and playing Elvis music from his phone during court proceedings, according to the Associated Press.

Judge Matthew Thornhill, in suburban St. Louis, faces a six-month unpaid suspension under the deal he reached with a state board to avoid a disciplinary hearing.

After the suspension, he will serve 18 more months on the bench before resigning from the St. Charles County Circuit Court. The agreement is pending approval from the Missouri Supreme Court.

Thornhill wrote that he intended "to add levity at times when I thought it would help relax litigants".

But he added: "I now recognise that this could affect the integrity and solemnity of the proceedings."