There were red faces all round when a teenage girl turned up at Southend fire station yesterday with her hands in handcuffs.

The 16-year-old, accompanied by two friends, asked firefighters to cut her free because the cuffs had become stuck - but she didn't explain how she came to be locked in them.

The cuffs were prised open with a screwdriver.

Published Wednesday, May 28, 2003

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