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The day started at The Regent Hotel where participants were given their ‘last supper’ of a full English breakfast! At 9.30am, just as they were nicely full, South Yorkshire Police stormed the restaurant and made their arrests. All 11 felons were placed into the police van, where they faced an uncomfortable ride across town to the prison.
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On arrival at HMP Marshgate the felons were processed through and became fully fledged inmates! After an inspection, interview, mug shots and fingerprints the new prisoners were locked in a cell and changed into prison issue track suits. Then it was time to start making those all important “I’m an inmate – get me out of here!” phone calls!
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After an hour and a half of frantic phoning it was time to stop for lunch. Scampi, chips and salad were served on plastic trays, with plastic knives and forks and to the cries of “What? No tartar sauce?!” After a quick stop for lunch it was back to the ringing round for another frenzied 90 minutes! By 3pm it was time to celebrate as ALL of the felons could be released. Everyone had done fantastically well and in total over £8,500 was raised for Bluebell Wood! After a presentation and champagne reception inmates changed back into their own clothes and were seen off of prison premises!
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Bell & Buxton’s Wills and Probate partner was recently jailed at HMP Doncaster in a ‘Jail and Bail’ day in a charity event organised for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. It was more of a case of good girls than bad girls (and boys!) at HMP Doncaster when they locked locals up in the prison to raise funds for the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. This was their second Jail and Bail event, where 11 willing volunteers went into the clink and pledged to raise a minimum bail of £500 each before being released.