Prosecutors drop court case after furore over homeless people being fined

‘A homeless man arrested for begging for just ten pence has had his case thrown out of court after a judge said it was not “in the interests of justice”.

District Judge Teresa Szagun agreed with prosecutors who had initially brought the case but changed their position claiming that begging had become “particularly sensitive”.

Rough sleeper Ashley Hackett, 34, was arrested by PC Andrew Platt who was in plain clothes alongside off-duty officer Sergeant Richard Siggs who was not in uniform.’

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