A man found guilty of soliciting prostitution has been banned from entering certain Bristol neighbourhoods for three years.
Tom Bright, 57, from Cotham, was convicted of paying a woman for sex on Stapleton Road in November last year at a previous hearing. Following a hearing at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Friday (May 20), police have been granted a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) to exclude him from three areas.
It is the second time Bright has been subject to a CBO, having previously been banned from the same areas of the city in 2015 after committing similar offences, Avon and Somerset Police said.
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He is now banned from entering the Fishpond Road area, the Stapleton/ Warwick Road area and the Portland/Brunswick Squares area, as outlined in the maps below supplied by police.
PC Tina Newman said: “Kerb crawling is illegal. Not only does it often take advantage of vulnerable people it is also extremely anti-social and significantly impacts on the quality of life of those who live and work in the area.
“Tom Bright has a history of such criminality and while his previous CBO had a really positive impact on his behaviour at the time, he has failed to learn his lesson and has since been caught reoffending.
“Should he be sighted in the areas shown on the map he could be arrested regardless of whether he is committing any other offences at the time.”
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