Don't fancy being tagged? Wear a skirt
A teenager charged with GBH who failed to comply with the conditions of her bail has escaped being tagged after successfully convincing magistrates that the ankle-borne electronic device would look "stupid" with her preferred choice of attire.
Skirt-wearing 18-year-old Natasha Hughes, accused of grevious bodily harm against another woman, found herself before Worcester magistrates after failing to answer the door of her house to police officers on at 2.30am on 1 November - as required by the curfew conditions of her bail.
The Crown Prosecution Service demanded she be tagged as a result, but Hughes lawyer argued it would be visible, look strange and "affect her dress sense". Magistrates agreed, and Hughes walked tagless from the court.
She still faces another appearance before the beak, and a maximum five years' jail if convicted on the GBH rap.
Skirt-wearing 18-year-old Natasha Hughes, accused of grevious bodily harm against another woman, found herself before Worcester magistrates after failing to answer the door of her house to police officers on at 2.30am on 1 November - as required by the curfew conditions of her bail.
The Crown Prosecution Service demanded she be tagged as a result, but Hughes lawyer argued it would be visible, look strange and "affect her dress sense". Magistrates agreed, and Hughes walked tagless from the court.
She still faces another appearance before the beak, and a maximum five years' jail if convicted on the GBH rap.
posted by A Spoon @ 1:39 PM
8 Comments:
At 4:39 PM,
November Rain said…
omg
cant speak or write I am just shocked
At 4:41 PM,
Walter said…
I read this in the paper last week, and it made me laugh for about an hour, but in a "What the f...!" way.
Yes, don't commit the crime if you can't accessorise!
At 1:57 PM,
Christopher D. Bate said…
Yikes.
At 3:12 PM,
November Rain said…
rape? didnt see that it in the post
it said accused of grevious bodily harm against another woman,
At 6:39 PM,
Walter said…
Maybe she rapped someone roughly upon the head...
At 10:59 PM,
Anonymous said…
It never admazes me what a pretty girl can talk her way out of. Why couldn't I have been blessed with that talent?
At 1:25 PM,
A Spoon said…
thanx for the comments guys! soory no personalised comments this week :( just caught up on the blog and, well, theres just too many of you! :) and steve - who are you asking??
At 1:14 PM,
Anonymous said…
hmmmpff, the system definitely works aye?
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