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Date Posted: Saturday, August 05, 16:40:57
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Jailbird blogger back in prison

The daughter of a millionaire property tycoon who kept a blog of the days she was on the run from prison, is back behind bars.
Entries made on the online diary led police to Farah Damji's hide-out at a hotel in Plymouth, Devon, five days after she went missing.

Damji, 40, was released from Downview Prison in Sutton, south-west London, on 22 July to attend a course in London.

She was jailed for stealing a credit card and fraudulently spending Ł50,000.

Damji was serving three-and-a-half years after being found guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court in October 2005 of dishonesty and perverting the course of justice.

I had my freedom taken away so my son hardly knows me anymore
Blog entry by Farah Damji
Her freedom ended when a national newspaper tipped off police as to her whereabouts, which they had discovered with the help of her blog.

She was arrested at midnight on 27 July and gave officers a temporary address in Paignton, thought to be that of a friend.

Damji began keeping a blog on the myspace website after failing to return from an Open University tutorial.

Major misunderstanding

In one message she wrote: "I had my freedom taken away so my son hardly knows me anymore... If I can stop this happening to just one other woman.. then I have achieved something in my life.

"Women should not go to prison."

Another entry read: "Seems I am the cause for great consternation because I have apparently 'absconded'.

Damji, whose father is South African-based property developer Amir Damji, claimed the whole situation was a major misunderstanding.

The mother-of-two was the subject of gossip columns in 2003 when alleged claims of her affairs with a Guardian newspaper executive and writer William Dalrymple became public.

A Prison Service spokesman said Damji was back in jail but would not confirm where.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/5242934.stm

Published: 2006/08/03 15:19:54 GMT

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>Jailbird blogger back in prison > >The daughter of a millionaire property tycoon who kept >a blog of the days she was on the run from prison, is >back behind bars. >Entries made on the online diary led police to Farah >Damji's hide-out at a hotel in Plymouth, Devon, five >days after she went missing. > >Damji, 40, was released from Downview Prison in >Sutton, south-west London, on 22 July to attend a >course in London. > >She was jailed for stealing a credit card and >fraudulently spending Ł50,000. > >Damji was serving three-and-a-half years after being >found guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court in October >2005 of dishonesty and perverting the course of >justice. > > >I had my freedom taken away so my son hardly knows me >anymore >Blog entry by Farah Damji >Her freedom ended when a national newspaper tipped off >police as to her whereabouts, which they had >discovered with the help of her blog. > >She was arrested at midnight on 27 July and gave >officers a temporary address in Paignton, thought to >be that of a friend. > >Damji began keeping a blog on the myspace website >after failing to return from an Open University >tutorial. > >Major misunderstanding > >In one message she wrote: "I had my freedom taken away >so my son hardly knows me anymore... If I can stop >this happening to just one other woman.. then I have >achieved something in my life. > >"Women should not go to prison." > >Another entry read: "Seems I am the cause for great >consternation because I have apparently 'absconded'. > >Damji, whose father is South African-based property >developer Amir Damji, claimed the whole situation was >a major misunderstanding. > >The mother-of-two was the subject of gossip columns in >2003 when alleged claims of her affairs with a >Guardian newspaper executive and writer William >Dalrymple became public. > >A Prison Service spokesman said Damji was back in jail >but would not confirm where. > >Story from BBC NEWS: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/52 >42934.stm > >Published: 2006/08/03 15:19:54 GMT
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