And finally… only in America

Proving again that justice has no time limit in America, a woman has spent a night in jail after she failed to return a VHS rented in 2005.

Leaving aside the fact VHS tapes could still be rented in 2005, Kayla Michelle Finley, 27, from South Carolina, had kept the presciently named Monster-In-Law at her home for a decade.

She rented the video from the now out-of-business Dalton Videos.

Ms Finley was at the police station on another matter when officers found an arrest warrant for her.

She spent a night in prison after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of failing to return the VHS as her hearing could not be held until the next day.

Speaking to CNN, she said: “I’m no criminal, but Pickens County Sheriff’s office sure made me feel like I was.”

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