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Woman, 64, freed

Monday 21 March 1994 00:02 GMT
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A woman, 64, sentenced to 20 days in prison for non-payment of community charge, was released for health reasons after spending a night in a police cell. Dorothy Pittaway, of Tividale, West Midlands, due to start her sentence at Risley Remand Centre, was declared by a police surgeon to be unfit for custody.

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