Florida's 'Hot Judge' Sentences Influencer 'Baby Alien', Fianna Fáil's Bizarre Post-Election Defence & UK's Most Secretive Religion Exposed | The Daily Strange

In Florida, Judge Bach Armas — already internet-famous for viral courtroom moments — presides over the sentencing of social media influencer "Baby Alien," whose real name is Braden Peters, handing him community service and probation while fans line up outside the courthouse for a glimpse of both. In Ireland, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin faces reporters after his party posts its worst-ever results in Dublin Central and Galway West — two long-held strongholds — and delivers a response so strange that political commentators are still trying to decode it. And in the UK, survivors of a highly secretive religious group speak to reporter Jane Fryer about a life of strict control, services held up to six times on Sundays in private Gospel Halls, bizarre sewage customs, a Cotswolds property empire, and disturbing accounts of what happens to followers' pets if they break the rules.The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.