A DUDLEY woman has been hit with a court bill of nearly £600 after failing to ensure a young person attended school.

Vicci Davies, of Thornberry Drive, Dudley, was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services after admitting failing to ensure a child attended school regularly.

At a hearing at Dudley Magistrates Court on November 17, Davies, aged 37, was also ordered to pay court costs of £415.