A WOMAN who has been banned from urinating in public has appeared back before the courts.

Sheila McGibbon, of Grand Avenue in Southbourne, was told to comply with a series of restrictions – including keeping out of Christchurch town centre – as part of a five-year criminal behaviour order handed to her in August 2017.

However, last week, the 52-year-old appeared at Poole Magistrates' Court to admit two counts of breaching the order.

She was intoxicated in a public place in Purewell on January 14. Two days earlier, McGibbon had an open container of alcohol in the area.

McGibbon was fined £20 for each offence and ordered to pay a £60 surcharge.

The defendant also appeared before magistrates last October to admit seven counts of breaching the order.

On that occasion, the court heard she had been in possession of an open container of alcohol in public, was in a state of drunkenness in Mudeford, visited Bargates and was drunk in the car park of Poole Hospital's maternity unit.

She also admitted failing to surrender to custody.

McGibbon was sentenced to the order after she was convicted of being drunk and disorderly.

It prohibits her from being in a state of drunkenness in a public place in Dorset or in possession of alcohol in public in Bournemouth and Christchurch.

Under the order, McGibbon also can't act in a manner that causes distress or annoyance to people in the two boroughs or urinate or defecate in a public place except for public toilets.

If asked to leave any premises in Bournemouth or Christchurch, she must do so. She also can't enter Christchurch town centre unless she is passing through on public transport.