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By ROISIN GADELRAB
 
Another chance for Asbo mum

A JUDGE has given a mother-of-three who repeatedly breached an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) one last chance.
Sharon Coyne, 34, was arrested as she called her mother on Easter Sunday from a phone box in Kentish Town Road – an area she was banned from entering by an Asbo issued in February this year.
Following a passionate plea by defence solicitor Judy Snowball, District Judge John Perkins decided to grant Coyne bail.
But, he warned any repeat behaviour would see her thrown immediately into jail. Coyne, who is staying at St Mungo’s Hostel, Endell Street, Covent Garden, was arrested after police found her in a phone box in Kentish Town Road on Easter Sunday. Officers chased her as far as Buck Street, and she was held in custody until yesterday’s hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrate’s Court.
Prosecuting, Rahena Choudhury said Coyne was banned from entering Camden Town and specified parts of Camden, Islington and Westminster. On arrest, Coyne told officers “I’m allowed in this area”.
Ms Snowball, defending, asked the court to impose a suspended sentence, saying Ms Coyne was not a “suitable candidate” for an Asbo and had breached the order several times previously.
She said her client had been diagnosed with a serious mental health condition and led a chaotic lifestyle until she began treatment at St Mungo’s.
Ms Snowball said: “She is not recorded doing anything criminal or anti-social. She was about to ring her mother about her three children. She’s a lot healthier and happier, it may be that she had a yearning to see her children.”
She said Coyne was at “absolute breakdown” when issued with the Asbo and asked the judge to bear in mind she was standing in a phone box, not committing a criminal offence.
Delaying sentence until May 10 for reports, Judge Perkins granted bail, telling Coyne: “For breaching this order I could impose several years in prison. You may have children in that area but for now you may not go within that area because your behaviour is anti-social and a misery to the community.”
Granting bail, Judge Perkins warned he would have no hesitation in jailing Coyne if she breaches the Asbo again, adding: “Don’t let me down.”
 
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