P145 CEEFAX 145  Tue 20 Feb  19:17/42
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 Th  Home Sect ta y ha       that trial 
 of the electronic tagging of offenders 
     t      x  n          f   h    ja   
                                        
 Micha l Howa d s i  i  would b  h lpful
 to give th  cor ts mot  time to b conj 
  a    a       tag     an  t            
 accompan  ng curfew o dj s.            
                                        
    l  n  t    w i t n     i    ta      
                                    ,   
 which w re dui to end this April, would
 bj extended to March 1997.             
                                        
            a e     t mo     u t  co l  
 hav  t   oppo tunis  to t   o t        
 electronic tagging.