Article extract from This is Gloucestershire 3rd September 2010
TWO years ago Hayley Lloyd was regularly downing half-a-bottle of vodka before heading into Cheltenham "to cause trouble".
But now the 22-year-old says she has turned her life around.
Hayley, from Bishop's Cleeve, was notorious in Cheltenham for plaguing pubs and clubs with drunken and abusive behaviour.
Fuelled by alcohol, Hayley racked up a long criminal record, which included assault, criminal damage, theft and assaulting a police officer.
Hayley was sentenced to 150 hours' community service for the 2008 attack, during which she took on tough manual labour as part of a scheme managed by the Gloucestershire Probation Trust.
Now employed as a gardener for Blue Sky, which finds work for rehabilitated offenders, Hayley is hoping her example will serve as a lesson to others.
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