Nicola Jackson has been begging in Worcester for 12 years (Picture: Google)

A persistent beggar has been fined after asking an off duty Police Community Support Officer for cash.

Nicola Jackson, aged 38, was told by magistrates to ‘learn the penny whistle’ and busk instead of continually begging in Worcester city centre.

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Jackson, formerly of Tallow Hill, was caught begging in Cathedral Square and Friar Street between July 5 and Friday, October 6.

According to the Worcester News, she approached a female member of the public and said: ‘Have you got any spare change?’


And she also asked off duty PCSO Rukhsana Machin for cash.

Nicola appeared before Worcester Magistrates Court (Picture: Google)

Jackson, who has been begging in the city for 12 years, pleaded guilty to begging in a public place Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday.



Magistrate Paul Vaughan praised Jackson for getting off drugs and said she said even had asked him for change in the past

He told her to avoid appearing in court again.

Jackson was fined £50 an ordered her to pay £100 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

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