The news that a homeless woman was sent to prison for begging on Bath's streets has prompted a passionate reaction online.A single tweet linked to the story was shared more than 200 times and many, including Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, asked how jail would help Jenny Ruth Dinmore in the long term. But the act that landed Dinmore in court in the first place was condemned by city homeless charity Julian House.Its fundraising director Cecil Weir said begging "sustains a really dangerous...
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