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Blackburn prostitute broke her ASBO

4:33pm Tuesday 25th May 2010 in Blackburn By Andrew Bellard, Court reporter

SUSPENDED SENTENCE: Natasha Coker SUSPENDED SENTENCE: Natasha Coker

A PROSTITUTE banned from Blackburn’s red light district by an Anti-Social Behaviour Order was seen within the zone by police patrolling in an unmarked car.

Blackburn magistrates heard Natasha Coker was arrested after a brief chase, and when she was put in the back of a police car threw a stone which smashed the windscreen.

Coker 23, of Hollin Bridge Street, Blackburn, admitted breaching an ASBO, and criminal damage.

She was sentenced to eight weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.

Parveen Akhtar, prosecuting, said officers saw Coker in King Street and she ran off. About an hour later, she was seen in Stonyhurst Road.

Roger Pickles, defending, said: “The officers do not say she was acting as a prostitute, and she says she was in the area to see somebody,” said Mr Pickles.

He said Coker threw the pebble out of frustration.

Comments(13)

ste.g says...
6:20pm Tue 25 May 10

nice to see the asbos are taken seriously....when will the authorites realise this and stop wasting time and money on them.jail her now not in she ignores another.how many chances do we have to give these people.they no full well what a joke these asbos are.

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loo82 says...
11:47pm Tue 25 May 10

This one should have her own column in t/graph soon, shes in it enough !!!

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blackburn south says...
10:02am Wed 26 May 10

Yes, stop wasting taxpayers time and money and legalize prostitution.

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blackburn south says...
10:02am Wed 26 May 10

Yes, stop wasting taxpayers time and money and legalize prostitution.

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time.team says...
10:57am Wed 26 May 10

Here we go again!
When will people realise that prostitution is NOT against the law but prostituting on the streets is!
Do you want street prostitution to be legalised. Hope not?

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burner says...
10:59am Wed 26 May 10

ASBOs should go the same way as horse-drawn trams and ID cards. Folk would not be running around committing even more crime if bail was abolished and prisons were put to more use.

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blackburn south says...
12:08pm Wed 26 May 10

time.team wrote:
Here we go again! When will people realise that prostitution is NOT against the law but prostituting on the streets is! Do you want street prostitution to be legalised. Hope not?
Don`t be so petty I mean any form of prostitution. Its a business transaction between two consenting adults - mutual exploitation. Just like marriage really.

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time.team says...
1:24pm Wed 26 May 10

Interesting though these details are. Do you want street prostitution to be legalised? Married or not.

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Ken Shuffles says...
4:58pm Wed 26 May 10

I don't think people should be turned into criminals for what is a private sexual transaction between two consenting adults. I would be more worried about what happens to married women who suffer violence and harm from their husbands behind close doors.

Dogs and Animals don't get asbos-well not yet anyway.

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wackyracer says...
12:01pm Thu 27 May 10

sorry ken but it's not that simple. there are pimps, drug dealers, human trafficing and child sex abuse to consider. I don't think consent is the right term for this situation

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bbgal says...
4:26pm Thu 27 May 10

Here we go again, ken shuffles with his ill informed and obviously provocative comments about prostitution. when will you get it Ken? this issue is not about two consenting adults entering a private sexual transaction. This is about soliciting, kerb crawling, drug dealing and pimps invading peoples neighbourhoods. Transactions taking place in public !! who cares what the delightful Ms cocker does in private. Just wish she would keep it private. Shes not a pretty sight at the end of anybodys steet. but if you dont mind perhaps you could invate her to your neighbourhood.

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Mo Lestor says...
8:50am Sun 30 May 10

Do people actually pay her money for sex?
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Jesus!!
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What a sad lot you Blackburn folk are!

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time.team says...
11:14pm Wed 2 Jun 10

Publicity concerning street prostitution in Blackburn seems to have been eased. Has there been any improvements in Blackburn?
Does anyone know?

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