A WOMAN from Barrow is due to appear in court accused of begging in the town centre.

Yasmin Ho, of Egerton Court, Barrow Island, has been charged with begging in a public place.

The 43-year-old is accused of begging for money in Dalton Road in Barrow town centre on Wednesday November 23 of last year.

The incident is said to have happened between 12.30pm and 2.30pm on the day close to McDonald's by the Spirit of Barrow statue.

Ho is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court in Barrow on Thursday.