DOYLESTOWN — A suburban Philadelphia man asked a judge to perform a wedding ceremony while the jury in the man's criminal trial was still deliberating the verdict.

Timothy Zalut, 20, of Doylestown was on trial on assault charges this week in Bucks County Court. When it appeared he might have to go to jail, Zalut decided to tie the knot with his fiancee, Hayley Dykstra.

Senior Judge C. Joseph Rehkamp of Perry County was presiding over the trial. He agreed to perform the ceremony in chambers while the jury was still out.

"We wanted to get married, and we were worried that we wouldn't get the chance," Dykstra said.

A plea bargain finally brought the trial to a halt and Rehkamp sentenced Zalut to five years of probation.