A woman has been banned from sitting on the ground within 10m of any Oxford cash point after she admitted begging.

Caroline Bullen, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts under the 200-year-old Vagrancy Act.

The Botley Road woman admitted begging on Iffley Road on two dates in March 2021.

She was fined £150 and given a two year criminal behaviour order by the Oxford magistrates.

That order requires her to engage with drug addiction charity Turning Point and bans her from approaching people in Oxford and asking them for money.

Bullen is also not allowed to sit on the ground within 10m of any cash point or within 5m of the entrance to any shop, licensed premises or college.

The magistrates banned her from entering east Oxford unless passing through on public transport or attending pre-arranged meetings.

She must pay a £34 victim surcharge.

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