ONE of Britain’s most notorious beggars, who managed to scrounge thousands of pounds from a widow, has been banned from begging anywhere in the county.
Sukhvender Singh Deo, 43, who is known as Billy the Quid because he always asks passers-by for £1, has been handed Asbos to stop him harassing people on the street for money.
He was jailed for two years in October 2011 after managing to get £35,000 out of legal secretary Bridget Macedonski, who had been left a sum of money when her husband died at the age of 40.
Deo had targeting the widow over a four-year period between 2007 and 2011. Macedonski was asked to give him her mobile phone number and Deo repeatedly called her to ask for loans.
After walking free from jail last year, Deo appeared on the streets again – hanging around in his old haunts in Chatham town centre, as well as other parts of Kent.
Deo was first handed an Asbo in 2006 banning him from begging in Chatham. He received another Asbo in 2010 banning him from begging in the county of Kent, but last week he was bought before Medway Magistrates’ Court and banned from begging anywhere in the UK.
Sgt Craig West, who heads the Medway High Street team, said: “Deo is well known across the Medway Towns, particularly in Chatham, for being a nuisance and persistently harassing members of the public by aggressively begging for money.
“People visiting our High Streets to go shopping, or to use cash machines, should be able to do so without being approached for money and faced with this type of behaviour.
“The order is in place to protect the public from further nuisance behaviour and it is hoped that the local community is reassured by the action taken. “If he breaches the order, which continues until 10 March 2017, he could be arrested, charged and put before a court.”
