A WOMAN has admitted breaching an ASBO imposed three years ago preventing her from seeing a man described as her “sugar daddy”.

Terri-Lee Pearce, 33, pleaded guilty to breaking the conditions of her antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) on a number of occasions between March 1 and April 20 of this year when she appeared in the dock before magistrates in Swindon on Wednesday.

The court heard from crown prosecutor Keith Ballinger that Pearce had been banned from having any contact with the “frail” man indefinitely after Swindon Borough Council successfully imposed the order in June 2013.

She is not permitted to have any contact with him, go to his sheltered housing accommodation, arrange for others to go to that address, or enter any council-owned sheltered housing.

He explained that on March 15 the warden at the complex had spotted her leaving the man’s house at 6.45am, with him shouting at her not to return.

She was again spotted on CCTV returning on April 11 and when staff went to the flat she answered the door.

Four days later she again returned, this time with two other women. This prompted staff to change the locks on his property, but she was again found in the property after he gave her a new key.

“In interview with police she said he was an old family friend and she goes around to help with the cleaning because no-one else does,” said Mr Ballinger.

“She does refer to him as her sugar daddy as he does sometimes give her money.”

Defending her, Mark Glendenning said: “It really is quite a sad situation. He was a friend of her mother’s and she has known him for a very long time.

"When the council made that application for the ASBO he himself attended court and was quite agitated about proceedings and actually didn’t want it in place.

“He is classed as vulnerable and the council are making decisions on his behalf but he is not happy about it. He is now really struggling and she says he told her he needed her help. She says she hates having to say 'no' to him.”

Sentencing her, chairman of the bench Natalie Cuss imposed a nine-month community order and fined her £100.

She told her: “We have heard that this is the first breach and we have taken that into consideration but it is very important that you leave court today on the understanding that there can be no further breaches - no contact means no contact.”

She must also pay £30 Crown Prosecution Service costs and an £85 victim surcharge.