Man jailed for singing 'Spiderpig'

A man in Scotland has been handed a three-month jail term for singing 'Spiderpig' from The Simpsons Movie, reports the BBC.

David Mullen, 22, from Blairgowrie, sang the tune at police officers and called one "ginger" while sitting in the back of a police van.

Mullen claimed that he burst into a rendition of the song, which Homer sings to the theme of 'Spider-Man' while walking his pig across the ceiling, because it was his mobile ringtone.

His solicitor Paul Ralph said: "He started the song and that was the origin of the joke, but things went further. He felt he had not done anything to be apprehended for."

Mullen, who has abused alcohol since the age of 12, was later given a further eight-month prison sentence for assaulting a police officer and breaching bail curfew.

Perth Sheriff Court's Robert McCreadie said: "It is tragic that you have taken alcohol for almost half of your life. You have a dreadful record for a man of 22.

"It is now your decision if you want to continue down the tragic and appalling road you have chosen for yourself."