I'LL SERVE MY SENTENCE... BUT ONLY IN HIGH HEELS

DailyExpress ^ | May 6,2009 | Lianne Kolirin

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A WOMAN ordered to undergo a community service sentence was sent home by probation workers – for turning up in high heels.

Debbie Stallard, 47, had refused to don regulation work boots, claiming she suffers from a rare medical foot condition.

She had been sentenced to 80 hours of community service after hitting another vehicle and refusing to take a breath test.

But she raised a few eyebrows when she turned up for the first day of her sentence wearing black boots with four-inch-heels.

Probation staff told the mother-of-two her footwear was inappropriate and a health and safety hazard. Stallard, from Paignton, Devon, said her medical condition meant she was unable to wear flat shoes.

Newsagent Stallard was told to return to court. Probation officer Heidi Randle told Torquay magistrates: “She attended on the date required but was sent away because she was wearing four-inch heels.

“The shoes were not in line with health and safety requirements. Shoes have to be flat and not open. We tried to contact the GP in this case and received a letter which was non-committal and does not say anything specific about wearing flats.”

Stallard told the court: “It’s health and safety gone mad. I was made to feel stupid, like I had gone there wearing them deliberately but that is not the case.”

Her solicitor John Darby said: “My client has always lived on her toes. In her last job she had to sign a disclaimer so she could wear high heels to work.”

Stallard is appealing to wear heels during her sentence. The case was adjourned until May 15.

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[Harmless Teddy Bear]

She is a Barbie Doll?

[Daffynition]

Maybe, if there is such a thing......a cougar doll. ;)

[synbad600]

I would have worn these:

[ThreePuttinDude]

Hi Heels, could this be a relative?

[oyez]

[Daffynition]

Nice. Personally, I'm in to pink........it's spring dontchakno. ;-D

[blackdog]

Yuk......The heels must distract the gaze of onlookers from her face. Make them day-glo orange!

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O RLY? RU sure?

[JoeProBono]

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My idea of high heel shoes.....

[seoul62]

The new look for Fall 2009? So Haute Couture, tres chic./Just Asking - seoul62......

[JoeProBono]

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[Paul Heinzman]

Not guilty, in a give-me-an-older-woman-every-time-every-time sort of way.

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You're a guy with sole. ;)

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[JoeProBono]

[ansel12]

Strict rules apply to footwear in many jobs and even in jail. If you know that you are going to go to jail try to switch your boots for tennis shoes before you are in custody or else you will be barefooted.