A notorious beggar has been in court again after being charged with stealing cash from a vulnerable man.

Sukhvender Singh Deo, known as Billy the Quid, was back in front of magistrates after taking £60 from a vulnerable man at a block of flats in Chatham.

The 46-year-old, of Lester Road, in the town, stole the money from Five Ways Court in the High Street on August 8.

He appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court two days later when he pleaded guilty to theft. He also admitted breaching an anti-social behaviour order by begging in Chatham.

Deo, who has constantly been in and out of prison, is under a Criminal Behaviour Order until March 2017. These orders, which replaced the Asbo in 2014, are designed to tackle the most serious and persistent anti-social individuals.

The beggar was first given an Asbo in March 2006. On one occasion he harassed a woman for money and fleeced £35,000 from her.

He was jailed for two years then, but he has continued his habit of re-offending each time he is let out of prison.

In September last year Deo was jailed for 120 days for breaching an anti-social behaviour order stopping him from begging and ordered to pay £180 court costs.

On Boxing Day last year, just a few days after being let out of prison, he was arrested for asking someone in Chatham High Street for money.

He was recognised by an off-duty officer who reported the incident to police and Deo appeared in court on New Year’s Eve.

It was then that he was given the new Criminal Behaviour Order and also handed a suspended prison sentence.

This time around magistrates sentenced Deo to 180 days in prison, suspended for six months. He must also pay £75 compensation, £85 court costs and a £115 victim surcharge.