Mistaken Identity

A Sydney man, David Turbit, put in a maximum security prison for a month after a paperwork bungle is suing for a cool $250,000.

"I was being held illegally in maximum security and they assumed I was a criminal."

They assume correctly.

Turbit wasn't picked from the community at random. He was in the system having served nine months of periodic detention in late 2001 after being convicted of driving while he was disqualified.

I'm sure there is a lesson here...

-- Nora