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Itsy-bitsy . . . thong
Officers wanted an antisocial behaviour order to forbid Mary McGilloway from wearing the underwear, after claims that she walked up Church Street, Walton, in a thong.
Karina Van Dijk told Staines Magistrates' Court: "This caused a lot of upset to officers and to the witnesses."
But magistrates refused the request at the hour-long hearing on Thursday, after the 43-year-old's defence lawyer argued that it was difficult to tell the difference between a black thong and a black bikini. The presiding magistrate, Malcolm Bond, told the court: "I don't think any of us wanted to be put to that test."
Surrey Herald (Mrs M Millington)
Lucky, lucky, lucky
After hearing the cat's miaows, a police officer spotted her amid the rubble in an upstairs room. Her owners feared Ashley might have been killed after their house in Bradwell-on-Sea was rammed by a digger, allegedly in a row over rent. "We are so lucky, nothing matters any more," said Mrs Harvard.
IoS (Pat Haynes)
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