A man has been banned from being near all telephone boxes within the M25 after he was caught placing sex worker cards in them in South Kensington .
Marcin Mikolajewski was also told he is not allowed to enter any phone booths within Kensington and Chelsea and given a raft of other restrictions after admitting to a charge of placing prostitute in phone boxes in the Queensgate area.
He was caught in the act by Kensington and Chelsea police on May 27, and, after pleading guilty in court the following day granted bail.
He was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 10 to a five year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) which runs until June 9 2021.
The CBO means Mikolajewski, from Warwick Road near Earl’s Court , cannot:
- Enter any public telephone box in the Royal borough, save to call 999 in a genuine emergency.
- Loiter within 10m of any public telephone box within the M25.
- Be in possession of any cards advertising sex work.
- Alert any person placing sex cards in a public place to the presence of police or any council officer.
- Ask or instruct any person to have in their possession sex worker advertising cards or place them in any public place.
- Approach, intimidate or threaten any person who is removing such cards or has removed them within the past few minutes from street furniture.
In March, two men were also banned from phone boxes within the Royal borough after they were caught with prostitute cards and glue.
Mikolajewski, who represented himself in court, told the court that he placed the cards to earn extra cash. But magistrates were told he had now found employment and would not be carding for extra money.
Mikolajewski also had costs of £85 awarded against him and a victim surcharge of £85.
He will be arrested for contempt of court if found breaching the CBO.
The council asked anyone who spot sex cards in phone boxes to not remove them, but instead let them know by emailing streetline@rbkc.gov.uk, using the RBKC Local app, or calling 020 7361 3001.
Reports can also be made to police on 101.
