Neighbours have welcomed moves to ban a drug-addicted prostitute from 39 council-owned flats across Oxford.

A court has banned Amy Painton from entering any property used by the homeless in the city as part of a series of tough restrictions imposed to end her illicit work.

The Asbo also bans the 28-year-old from offering herself as a prostitute in the street, asking for money or walking the streets in East Oxford between Cowley Road and Iffley Road.

One resident who lived next door to one of the sex dens branded her behaviour "disgusting".

Oxford City Council, which pushed for the ban, said Painton befriended vulnerable tenants living in temporary accommodation reserved for the homeless. She then moved in and used the flats for prostitution and drug taking.

The drug addict's 39 mini-brothels stretched from Blackbird Leys to Summertown, Marston and Iffley Road.

Father-of-five Albert Baker, 52, lives two doors away from one of Painton's former flats in Chatham Road, off Abingdon Road. He said: "It was disgusting. There's a lot of kids and families here - it's a nice residential area.

"I saw lots and lots of cars and people coming and going, but I thought at first they were tenants or friends because some were often moving in and out. But they must have been customers."

Neighbour Mary Smith said: "It's very shocking and I'm not comfortable with that in my street."

An 18-year-old girl, who asked not be named, said neighbours had complained about a flat where Painton lived in Freelands Road being used a haven for drugs and prostitution. She said: "It was horrible. No-one would allow their children to hang around there. We never saw the men, it was all the cars. They would pull up then disappear half an hour later. It was everything from Metros to Mercedes.

"People were complaining all the time - there was even a petition. People used to openly say 'that's where the trollop lives'."

Oxford Magistrates' Court was told on Monday that Painton caused harassment, alarm and distress to vulnerable residents living in temporary accommodation. The order lasts two years and if breached can lead to a maximum five years in jail.

Steve Kilsby, neighbourhood services manager at the city council, says: "We hope that this order will help the subject, and give her a reason to turn her life around."

The Asbo applies in: Asquith Road, Rose Hill; Brasenose Driftway, Headington; Briar Way, Blackbird Leys; Chatham Road, South Oxford; Croft Road, Marston; Duke Street, West Oxford; Fane Road, Marston; Field Avenue, Blackbird Leys; Freelands Road, Iffley; Giles Road, Littlemore; Hollow Way, Cowley; Kelburne Road, Cowley; Kiln Lane, Risinghurst; Knights Road, Blackbird Leys; Ladenham Road, Blackbird Leys; Marlborough Road, Grandpont; Meadow Lane, East Oxford; Monks Close, Blackbird Leys; Peregrin Road, Blackbird Leys; Richardson Court, St Clements; Sorrell Road, Blackbird Leys; Three properties in Abingdon Road; Four properties in Banbury Road; Two properties in Donnington Bridge Road; Three properties in Fairacres Road, East Oxford; Two properties in Hosker Close, Sandhills; Two properties in Moorbank, Blackbird Leys; Two properties in Blackbird Leys Road, Cowley.