Mother of three accused of aggressive begging after blocking access to Waterford shop
Waterford courthouse
A mother of three was observed blocking a shop door looking for money, Waterford District Court was told.
Narcisa Florentina Bacrau (29), of no fixed abode, appeared before Judge John Cheatle where she pleaded guilty to aggressive begging contrary to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011, on Barronstrand Street on March 5, 2026.
Sergeant John Phelan told the court that on the day of the incident, around 12.15pm, Garda Stephen Barry observed the defendant begging.
He had previously told her to leave and she had not done so.
She was blocking the entrance to a shop and looking for money.
Acting for the defendant, solicitor Hilary Delahunty told the court that his client was a mother of three children and a member of the Roma community.
He said his client should not have been begging but was in a “rather unpleasant situation”.
Judge Cheatle applied Section 1.1 of the Probation of Offenders Act 1907.
