A man - believed to be the only person in recent years to be convicted of begging on Northern Ireland's streets - was back in court on Monday for the same offence after he forced a terrified woman passer-by into handing over £10. Alex Getty (60) from Ballymoney pleaded guilty at Coleraine Magistrates Court on Monday to a charge of begging at the town's Railway Place on May 29 this year. A frightened woman handed over £10 to him because she felt afraid after he blocked her way demanding money, the court heard. A prosecutor said Getty, of Trinity Drive, asked a...
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