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Jury in Trial of Ex-Nets Star Won't Hear of Pet's KillingBy BOB HANLEYPublished: February 5, 2004 OMERVILLE, N.J., Feb. 4 - The judge in the manslaughter trial of Jayson Williams refused on Wednesday to allow prosecutors to introduce evidence about Mr. Williams's killing of his pet watchdog with two shotgun blasts in 2001.The judge, Edward M. Colman, barred any testimony about the death of the dog, a Rottweiler named Zeus, saying it would inflame the jury and undercut Mr. Williams's right to a fair trial.   "I can't think of anything that would be more prejudicial," Judge Colman said. He...

Driver so drunk breathalyser crashes A 44-year old Dutch motorist has stunned traffic police by drinking so much that their breathalyser crashed. The man, from Krommenie, had so much alcohol in his breath that the machine in Wormerveer first refused to work and then showed out of range. Some time later a police doctor gave the man, who has not been named, a blood test which showed the driver had seven times too much alcohol in his blood. Police, who had flagged the motorist down for erratic driving, say he claimed to have only drunk "four beers". A courts in...