Ozzy Osbourne once stuffed a midget, hired to perform with his band BLACK SABBATH on tour, into the luggage compartment of their tour bus.

The PARANOID singer became so annoyed with the diminutive stage performer's drunken behaviour and poor time management, he decided to teach him a lesson - despite the intervention of a concerned onlooker.

But Osbourne's behaviour was vindicated when the midget admitted he deserved the harsh treatment.

Osbourne recalls, "He showed up late, he drank... It got to me after awhile. So, one night, when he wanted to get on the tour bus, I threw him in the luggage compartment.

Somebody grabbed me and said, 'What you're doing is not only illegal but it's inhumane.'

"I lost it. I yelled, 'He's my f**king midget and I'll f**king do what I want with him.' There was a silence and then a small voice emerged from the luggage compartment, 'He's right. I'm his midget and he can do what he wants with me.'"

19/05/2005 17:36