Dawn to press charges against Big Brother?

Booted housemate Dawn has had few kind words to say about her Big Brother experience and is now considering pressing criminal charges.

The exercise scientist, who was thrown out for rule breaking, has claimed that she was incarcerated in the house for almost 24 hours before finally being shown the door, during which time she was apparently taunted by the show's staff.

"It was like being in jail, except with them mocking me all the time and refusing to listen to me," she is quoted by The Mirror as saying. "I'm furious. I'm thinking of what to do about it, but one option is to press charges for false imprisonment.

"When you join they say you can leave at any time but they literally locked me into that house. If anyone else did that they'd be prosecuted for kidnap so I might press charges."

A Big Brother spokeswoman explained the situation: "All housemates have the right to leave at any time. However, they are aware it takes time to make the arrangements for this to happen. The door was locked for maintenance but the housemates still had access to the bathroom amenities."

Complaining that she was unable to take medication into the house and making reference to Shahbaz's state of mind, Dawn went on to brand the producers "totally irresponsible playing with people's lives" and the series "just too silly for words now".