BOSS Martyn Crute thought it was a real drag going to court - so he dressed in women's clothes.

　　The boiler installer firm chief donned a striped top, black ankle-length skirt and stilettos after facing a health and safety rap. He changed in the court loo, hoping he could leave unrecognised. Crute, 48, even flicked a long wig across his face in a bid to hide the stubble and masculine jawline.

　　But photographers and a TV crew waiting outside saw through the disguise and snapped him as he dashed away.

　　Crute, director of UK Oil and Gas Ltd, appeared at Lincoln Crown Court for trading for 15 months without registering with gas safety body Corgi. His firm was said to have put lives at risk due to the poor standard of work in homes. A receptionist rather than an engineer was sent to deal with one complaint. Crute, of Retford, Notts, admitted a health and safety breach.

　　He was fined ￡2,000, ordered to pay ￡41,000 prosecution costs and banned from being a company director for seven years. His company, based in Horncastle, Lincs, was fined ￡6,000.

　　Judge Sean Morris said: "It is quite clear that on occasions the work was the work of cowboys not professional gas fitters."

　　相关新闻中文报道：

　　英国石油和天然气有限公司董事长马丁-克鲁特近日乔装成女士模样走出法庭，以躲避庭外守候的记者。

　　据报道，马丁在走出林肯刑事法院时，被记者发现身穿条纹背心、黑色丝袜、黑色过膝长裙和高跟鞋，当记者开始追踪他拍照时，他把假发扑在脸上试图掩藏自己的模样。

　　马丁被指控在没有向油气安全部门Corgi注册的情况下进行了15个月的非法石油贸易，他本人已经认罪，并被处以2000英镑的罚款和41000英镑的诉讼费。在未来的7年，马丁将不能担任任何公司的董事一职。

　　新闻相关词汇：

　　hearsay 小道消息

　　例句：Judgment should be based on facts instead of hearsay.

　　判断应该是基于事实而不是道听途说。

　　box news 花边新闻

　　例句：The ex-president is thick-skinned about box news.

　　这位前总统对有关他的花边新闻早已麻木。

　　in-depth reporting 深度报道

　　例句：Our voice arouses fierce feedback from readers by in-depth reporting.

　　凭借深度的报道，我们的声音引起读者强烈的反响。

　　scoop 独家新闻

　　例句：The journalist risked losing job to get the scoop.

　　那位记者冒着丢掉饭碗的危险弄到了独家新闻。

　　cover girl n. 封面女郎

　　例句：The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.

　　画报的封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种销售花招。

　　man of the year 年度新闻人物，年度风云人物

　　例句：He was then entitled by TIME magazine as "Mayor of the World" and became "Man of the Year" in 2001.

　　他随后被美国《时代》周刊称为“世界的市长”并成为2001年“年度风云人物”。

　　opinion poll 民意浏验

　　例句：The president have a favourable rating in the opinion poll.

　　民意测验对总统评价很好。