Teenage burglar with electronic tag pulls a fast one on G4S security official On hearing how the lad had managed to get around the curfew restriction, Judge William Hart said "It's a pity he can't direct his ingenuity in a rather more constructive way." The boy's solicitor, Nicola Berryman, admitted "He considered the curfew as rather a joke, running up the road and back." On March 8th the youth from Gloucester, had admitted a charge of conspiracy to burgle and received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order. One of the conditions of the order was a tagged curfew. The boy started out well on the order but within two weeks received a warning for smoking cannabis, prosecutor Janine Wood said. His girlfriend was later found using the shower in his room - another breach of conditions. He missed his first appointment with his supervisor on 21st March - and on 16th April his landlady reported he was missing from his room at 9pm, during curfew hours. However, G4S had not detected any breach of the curfew. They investigated and discovered that when the tag was set up they had asked him to walk around the boundaries of his home What he had done was to run down the road and back again to increase his boundaries. Miss Berryman told the court that although the youth had extended his curfew boundary he had not committed any other offences. He also says that when his landlady didn't find him it was because he was outside having a smoke. Judge Hart told the boy "You seem quite incapable of complying with the rules that the court and others place upon you. I suspect that is largely a result of your immaturity. It was rather against my better judgment that I gave you a chance in March and I have been close to locking you up today. But you do appear to have been out of trouble for a year and to have committed no further offences. The judge adjourned the case for a month to see if the youth can stay out of trouble and comply with the order. "If you put a foot out of line I will undoubtedly lock you up," he said.