It follows reports of recent activity in the Ealing area

A persistent beggar who was jailed last year for calling on properties in West London has been jailed once again.

39-year-old Darren Bingham has a history of turning up at people's houses at night making various false claims and asking for money. His stories are always emergency-based including that he has been locked out of his house, his father in hospital with a heart attack, or his wife is in labour.
There have been recent reports of his activity in both Ealing and Chiswick.

Last March he was sent to prison for 5 months after failing to appear in court. Previous warnings have been given about him dating back to 2013. At that time the police described him as a conman who preyed on often vulnerable victims to feed his drug habit despite being placed under an Anti-Social Behaviour Order. He was accused of inventing stories about needing money to help sick relatives.

He was given a five-year antisocial behaviour order in May 2012, banning him from knocking on doors or begging in a public place.

An update circulated by the online community watch network 'OWL' says that Darren Bingham, prolific door to door beggar has been convicted this week following statements obtained from residents for multiple  breaches of his court order and was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment.

22 January 2019