A prostitute has been jailed for 21 days after complaining of
breaking her nails at community work and failing to carrying
out voluntary work at a Wanganui primary school.
Tala Jepsen, 19, appeared in New Plymouth District Court for
re-sentencing after pleading guilty to two breaches of
community work.
The court was told she had failed to carry out both the
voluntary work she agreed to do and the 60 hours of community
work it was replaced with, the Taranaki Daily News reported.
The sentences were for stealing cheques from a man's
chequebook last year.
She had used excuses such as illness and damaging her
fingernails for not attending community work, Judge Allan
Roberts said.
Jepsen was sent to jail for 21 days and her outstanding fines
of $1820 were remitted.
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