UPDATE: Friday, 9am: A WARRNAMBOOL woman has sincerely thanked a magistrate for locking her up for a month.
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Penelope Simon, 42, of Ocean Grove, appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court charged with six offences this including being drunk, using threatening words, offensive behaviour, intentionally damaging property, unlawful assault and committing an offence on bail.
She was jailed for 30 days with six days count as served.
Simon told magistrate Peter Mellas: "Thank-you for putting me in jail".
She said she had spoken to people while custody about her issues and support services were being put in place.
She said she had abstained from alcohol for seven days.
"I've been seven days clean," she said.
"I'm excited, happy, I'm not angry or have any hatred,” she said.
Tuesday: ONE of Warrnambool’s most prolific offenders has again been charged with offences and remanded in custody until Thursday.
Penelope Simon, 42, of Ocean Grove, appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court charged with six offences including being drunk, using threatening words, offensive behaviour, intentionally damaging property, unlawful assault and committing an offence on bail.
Ms Simon is arguably Warrnambool’s most regular offender.
It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent providing support services for her and in recent months she has offended even more prolifically than in the past.
Ms Simon is banned from buses, taxis, some supermarkets, Centrelink, the offices of Member for South West Coast Roma Britnell, some Aboriginal support services and even attending at the office of domestic violence support service Emma House because of her behaviour.
Magistrate Peter Mellas said Ms Simon had been coming back to court every month this year, sometimes more than once.
He said the offending was not just Ms Simon making a nuisance of herself and whatever supports were in place were simply not working.
"She's just going in and out. Who is going to be next to have to put up with her behaviour?" he asked.
Solicitor Jack Rabl said Ms Simon continued to appear in court despite a range of intensive services supporting her.
Mr Mellas adjourned further hearing of the case until Thursday to allow the solicitor to find out what other services could be put in place to assist Ms Simon - such as detoxification from alcohol.
Ms Simon asked her long time friend in court to look after her cats.
Police said that on October 13 Simon went to Brophy Family and Youth Services office where she requested the use of a phone.
She then started swearing frequently and was arrested for being drunk and using threatening words towards a female police officer.
On Wednesday last week she went to a neighbour's home yelling abuse at a woman and her young son and called her to come outside and fight before smashing the woman's car windscreen.