A WOMAN has been fined for being drunk in public.

Deborah Pearce has been ordered to pay a total of £189 by Brighton magistrates after being drunk and disorderly in Park Avenue, Hastings, on December 8, 2021.

The 49-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence.

Pearce, of Halton Crescent, Hastings, was fined £35 and ordered to pay £85 court costs. She must pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £34.

She also admitted failing without reasonable cause to surrender to custody at Hastings Magistrates' Court, having been released on bail in criminal proceedings. She was fined an additional £35.