Waste of time and money - my money!

As part of her sentence for being involved in a pub brawl, a young local girl was made subject to a curfew which forbad her from leaving her house between the hours of 9pm and 7am.  To ensure compliance she was fitted with an electronic ankle tag.  She decided to make the tag look a bit prettier by gluing some fake diamonds onto the strap.  Hardly a hanging offence, you would think, but she was taken to court (on what charge I'm not sure - there is no suggestion that she breached her curfew) and fined some £150 when costs are taken into account.  The Magistrates told her she had committed a "very serious offence", though it's still unclear just what that offence was.  The company who fit the tags and monitor them said that what she had done "could affect the device" - could, you will notice, not did.  The words "sledgehammer" and "nut" spring to mind.