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| Offender breaks curfew after security staff tag his false leg | |
| 2011-09-01 | |
| Christopher Lowcock, 29, wrapped his prosthetic limb in a bandage and fooled G4S staff who failed to carry out the proper tests when they set up the tag and monitoring equipment at his Rochdale home. Lowcock could then simply remove his leg - and the tag - whenever he wanted to breach his court-imposed curfew for driving and drug offences, as well as possession of an offensive weapon. A second G4S officer who went to check the monitoring equipment also failed to carry out the proper test. Managers became suspicious last month, but when they returned to the address a third time Lowcock had already been arrested and was back in custody accused of driving while banned and without insurance. ''Given the critical nature of this service we have very strict procedures in place which all of our staff must follow. In this individual's case two employees failed to adhere to the correct procedures when installing the tag. Had they done so, they would have identified his prosthetic leg. ''Failure to follow procedure is a serious disciplinary offence, and the two employees responsible for the installation of the tag have now been dismissed.'' A Ministry of Justice spokesman added: ''Procedures were clearly not followed in this case and G4S have taken action against the staff involved. Two thousand offenders are tagged every week and incidents like this are very rare.''
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Pollyandrew wins the snark of the day! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-09-01 17:31 |
| #3 Guy's name is Lowcock -- it begs the observation that perhaps a new, more fail-safe device could be invented (with a possible obvious side effect). |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-09-01 17:12 |
| #2 Just look for the guy hopping down the road... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-09-01 14:12 |
| #1 Uh, tag his other leg? |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-09-01 13:03 |