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Natalie Gentle has also been banned from pole dancing, lap dancing and being drunk in public.

She faces up to five years in prison if she breaches the interim Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).
The council claimed Miss Gentle, 28, from Plymouth, had caused "a great deal of harassment, alarm and distress" to people living nearby. It alleged she had been funding a drug habit through prostitution at her home.

At least one family, it was alleged, had been moved into emergency housing, while others were said to have suffered ill-health.

Miss Gentle appeared before the city’s magistrates on Thursday in advance of a hearing in July, when Plymouth City Council will seek to gain a full Asbo against her.

Her lawyer, David Teague, told the court she denied the allegations. "She does not accept behaving in the ways described," he said.

Miss Gentle will argue her case at the two-day hearing, beginning on July 22.

Until then, she is not allowed any male visitors, except her two brothers and emergency services personnel, between 10pm and 6am.

She is also banned from being found drunk or under the influence of drugs anywhere in Plymouth.

The interim Asbo further prevents Miss Gentle from causing any noise or disturbance to her neighbours through loud music, shouting or arguing.

She is also prohibited from using abusive words or language towards anyone in the city.

Dylan Sadler, prosecuting for the council, told magistrates police supported the council in its attempt to keep the case public, after the defence tried to prevent details from being published.