The 42-year-old had previously been forced to hand in his tabard after selling in places he was not allowed to
A banned Big Issue vendor kept trying to sell copies of the magazine in Nottingham to help make a living as he struggled on Universal Credit. Matthew Mayer, of no fixed address, was witnessed posing as a vendor in the city centre on four occasions between June and August.
"He only gets £240 a month from Universal Credit, clearly that doesn't last long," she said. "He used this as a way to make up his income."Ms Dunk said a member of Big Issue's outreach team had described Mr Mayer as a "likeable and well-read chap" who "could offer a lot more" if circumstances were different. "He has a long standing class A drug problem and said he wants to help with that," she said.
He added that the defendant had 24 previous convictions for 49 offences. Mitigating, Ms Dunk told magistrates Mr Mayer's life "spiralled" after the death of his mum during his first year of studying environmental sciences at university.
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