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Homeless woman jailed for begging 'despite no one having complained'

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Post by echidna Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:07 pm

Homeless woman jailed for begging 'despite no one having complained'
'They say they’re trying to rid the town centre of the blight of beggars and what not, but it’s mainly an attack on homeless people – it’s just to remove poverty from the streets'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-woman-jailed-begging-complained-north-wales-a8889786.html

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Post by Caker Mon Apr 29, 2019 3:16 pm

I had no idea that begging / vagrancy attracted a custodial sentence.
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