Gaie Delap was unable to wear an electronic tag due to health problems.
A 77-year-old environmental campaigner has been returned to jail after problems with an electronic tag to monitor her.that blocked the M25 in November 2022.a tag could not be fitted to her legThe Ministry of Justice said if offenders could not be monitored in the community electronically, they would be returned to prison even if it was no fault of their own.
"We cannot believe that there is not an electronic monitoring device that can be fitted at a fraction of the cost. We want common sense to prevail." "Why is she facing this extra punishment of being locked up, for longer than she was meant to be, and over Christmas?
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