Welfare agencies call for begging to be decriminalised in Victoria

By Aisha Dow
Updated October 20 2016 - 7:08pm, first published 4:08pm
Billy Griffiths, who has been homeless for about three years Photo: Justin McManus
Billy Griffiths, who has been homeless for about three years Photo: Justin McManus

It sounds like a scene ripped out of a Charles Dickens novel; a homeless man standing in court charged over a few silver coins.

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