Murder trial halted after judge spots staff having sex

A murder trial in Italy had to be suspended after the judge realized that two members of her staff were having sex in an adjoining room during the hearing, reports said.

The couple apparently thought they could not be seen. But Judge Anna Ivaldi of the court in Genoa ordered a prosecutor to stop speaking when she heard strange noises and saw the silhouettes of two naked bodies behind a frosted glass window in the adjacent room.

The discovery forced a temporary halt of the trial of a Romanian man accused of murdering a homeless man in Genoa. The couple, one of whom was thought to be married, may face disciplinary measures, according to the Telegraph.