A CHRONIC alcoholic who has breached her anti-social behaviour order 20 times has been given one last chance to mend her ways.

Susan Tetlow, aged 55, of Casewell Road, Sneyd Green, above right, appeared before North Staffordshire Magistrates' Court yesterday after failing to stick to the terms of the order which bans her from being drunk in public, or drinking in licensed premises or on the street.

She has been a regular visitor to the court for years and has repeatedly been given short jail sentences and small fines after admitting a string of criminal charges and Asbo breaches.

Her most recent breaches relate to being drunk and refusing to leave the Wetherspoon pub in Hanley on May 26, and being slumped in the back of a bus under the influence of alcohol, on July 13. Earlier this month The Sentinel reported how Tetlow has become trapped in a constant cycle of alcoholism and low-level offending, sparking a debate on how effective Asbos can be in situations where anti-social behaviour is so habitual that it becomes a matter of when, and not if, a breach will occur.

And yesterday, Tetlow was handed a new type of order by the court known as an alcohol treatment requirement, a tailored programme aimed at reducing drink dependency which was introduced earlier this year.

Prosecutor, Milena Cooper, said: "She was in Wetherspoon's in Hanley refusing to leave and was extremely intoxicated and could hardly speak or stand up.

"Then in Newcastle she refused to leave a First bus. When a police officer tried to establish her identity she said 'mind your own business' and swore at the officer."

Tetlow had pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching an Asbo at an earlier hearing and had been remanded in custody for 42 days awaiting yesterday's sentence.

Scott Ashdown, defending said: "Views are cut down the middle with the interests of Tetlow and her illness and the interests of the public.

"She is consuming alcohol in a house with a friend who has a negative influence on her and is abusing her trust. He gets what he wants from her and then on this occasion, kicked her out making her automatically breach the order."

The court heard how the acquaintance has also assaulted Tetlow leaving her blind in one eye.

In total, Tetlow was sentenced to a community order lasting 12 months with supervision and a six month alcohol treatment requirement order.