CARA Ann Booth turned to prostitution to try and fund her heroin addiction, a court heard.

But Blackburn magistrates were told the 19-year-old mother of an 18-month-old child now realised the importance of getting off the drug.

Booth, of Andrew Close, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to soliciting for the purpose of prostitution and was fined £75. But the magistrates remitted £150 of the existing fine she owed to the court.

Stephen Parker, defending, said it was a tragic situation when a woman of Booth's age turned to prostitution.

He said she was now on a methadone reduction programme to try and get off heroin.

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