Cops grill girl for testing nail polish

FOLKESTONE, England, July 18 (UPI) -- A woman said she thinks everyone in England has "gone crazy" after her 12-year-old daughter was interrogated by police for trying on nail polish at a store.

Hannah Gilbert was at a store in Folkestone, England, when she decided to paint her thumbnail with a peach shade of Revlon nail polish, The Telegraph reported Friday. When a security guard saw the girl try the polish, he told her she had to either pay for the item or be charged with theft.

"I was really scared. I had no money on me so he said I had to come into the office," the girl said.

The girl was kept in the store's office for an hour before three police officers arrived to question her.

"Frankly this country has gone crazy. This is the sort of thing that just makes me want to pack our bags and leave as soon as Hannah's finishing her schooling," the girl's mother told the newspaper.

The incident came to a close when the girl's parent's showed up and paid $12.58 for the polish, the Telegraph said.

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