Soft porn model Sophie Dalzell: Let off wearing ankle tag for criminal damage conviction ‘because it would interfere with her TV work’

• Sophie Dalzell claimed bracelet would interfere with work as TV chat girl
• She changed plea after hearing court date would clash with photo shoot
• Ms Dalzell dodged community service following criminal damage conviction and has also been let off from wearing the tag

 

Sophie Dalzell, 19, refused to wear an ankle tag as she claimed it would interfere with her work as a soft porn model

An adult TV star convicted of vandalism was let off from wearing an electronic tag on her ankle – because it would ruin her on-screen work.

Sophie Dalzell, 19, was placed on a curfew and ordered to wear a tag for eight weeks after failing to carry out community service.

But when security firm G4S turned up to fit the tag she refused to let them put it on. She told them ‘appearance is everything’ on adult TV – and that she would be sacked if she turned up to work with a plastic tag on her ankle.

Incredibly, when the presenter was hauled back to court, she successfully appealed against having the tag fitted after explaining it would compromise her career.

Instead magistrates fined the glamour model £200 with £75 costs after she admitted breaching a community order.

After the case the model, who has appeared topless in men’s magazines, said: ‘A tag on my ankle wouldn’t look very good. It’s an eyesore. Your appearance is everything. I’m still mad about the whole situation.’ Dalzell, of Manchester, added: ‘If I’d let them put the tag on, I’d have had no job and nowhere to live. I was doing adult channels, TV presenting.

‘I still don’t think it’s fair about the fine. I now want to get on with my life.’

Magistrates were told she no longer works in adult TV and has moved into modelling, photo shoots, hosting and other presenting jobs.

 

 

Ms Dalzell  was ordered to wear the ankle tag after she failed to complete a 100 hour community service order

She was first hauled before the courts in March last year after she became involved in a row outside 5th Avenue nightclub in Manchester. During a dispute with the male driver of a BMW car, she slapped him in the face and kicked his car causing damage.

As well as ordering her to pay £150 compensation, magistrates gave her a probation order and sentenced her to do 100 hours of unpaid work in the community.

But she breached the order by not carrying out all the hours and on December 13, G4S staff turned up at her flat with the tag. Matthew Wallace, defending, said: ‘The problem was that at that time Miss Dalzell had a contract with an agency for TV glamour modelling. She couldn’t do that with the tag on her ankle.’

Ms Dalzell claimed that the £200 fine was unfair and said she was ‘mad’ about the siituation

Dalzell initially denied breaching the order when she appeared in the dock at Manchester Magistrates’ Court wearing a black dress, false eyelashes, bright red lipstick and diamond earrings.

But she changed her plea to guilty after telling the court a future trial date would conflict with a modelling assignment she had in Ibiza.

Magistrates told Dalzell it is essential she pays the fine within 28 days or she may face further legal repercussions.

The former Adult TV star was ordered to pay a £200 fine along with £75 costs at Manchester Magistrates Court

– dailymail.co.uk

Is this Britain’s most fun office… or its most irritating? ‘Forward-thinking’ IT company has helter skelter, tree house and a putting green installed

This office may be the most fun in Britain as it comes kitted out with a giant helter skelter slide, a tree house and even a pub.

The unique workplace also boasts a pool table, a putting green, a giant swing and a cinema.

Office designers Space & Solutions were tasked with turning a former pub in Southampton into the home for IT company, Peer 1 Hosting.

 

This office may be the most fun in Britain as it comes kitted out with a giant helter-skelter slide

Their design brief was to transform the 17,000sq ft office into ‘the best place in the UK to work.’

Lead designer Sarah O’Callaghan said fun and play was at the heart of the vision. She said: ‘It is a very young and forward thinking company. The whole space has been designed with the help of the staff.

‘There was a huge consultation process that has been amalgamated into what we see here. I think there are times when people use their initiative a hell of a lot more because of their environment.

‘If you don’t feel comfortable sitting at a desk you can sit on a picnic bench. The reality is that you can do your work from anywhere.’

And when hopeful jobseekers turn up for an interview, they may have to throw themselves down the giant slide to show they buy into the culture.

 

 

 

Swinging: There is even a swing in the middle of the office if staff want to take a break. Here the firm’s managing director Dominic Monkhouse has a go

 

Unusual: Staff members can also relax with a game of pool at the office designed by company Space & Solutions who were tasked with turning a former pub into the home for IT company, Peer 1 Hosting

 

Mrs O’Callaghan added: ‘People use it all the time. It is not just for staff, it is for clients too. It is also part of the interview process. If they don’t go down it, they are not buying into the culture of the business.’

The unique new office is fittingly situated on the end of a pier. Dominic Monkhouse, managing director at Peer 1 Hosting, said anyone can use the facilities whenever they like.

He said: ‘We are trusting. Everyone is a peer rather than a parent and child relationship. But while mucking around on a slide may seem like skiving off, the company believes it actually boosts productivity.

He added: ‘People tend to go through highs and lows throughout the day, but if you do something different for a few minutes, your performance goes up.’

Bar: No need for staff to go down the pub at lunchtime as the office boasts its very own bar

 

 

Quiet space: The office even has a tree house where staff members can take some well-earned down time

As well as laying on fun activities, the office has plenty of places for staff to have a quiet moment when work gets on top of them.

This includes a coffee bar, a ‘chill out’ space, log cabins and a pub called The Sherlock Arms, named after the company’s founder, Gary Sherlock.

The office also comes with two flats to host overseas guests, an outdoor terrace and an inside garden, complete with a 15ft tree and picnic benches. Humour is also a key factor in the office as it features a ‘Cock Up of the Month’ board.

Source: dailymail.co.uk