Teenager given ASBO for "unacceptable" behaviour (From Bucks Free Press)

Teenager given ASBO for "unacceptable" behaviour

12:20pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 in

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A YOUTH has been made the subject of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order for conduct described as "extensive, appalling and unacceptable" by a court.

Anthony Crawford, 17, has been warned he will "inevitably" be sent to prison if he breaches the terms of his ASBO within the next two years.

The Bourne End teenager was served the ASBO yesterday by Wycombe District Council and Thames Valley Police.

The chairman of the bench at Wycombe Magistrates Court said of Crawford's behaviour: "It was committed over a long period and you have shown total disregard, not only to yourself and your family, but to neighbours and to others in the community, and in particular towards the police."

He added: "That behaviour will have caused harrassment, alarm and stress.

"This behaviour continued after several very significant interventions by the authorities. You simply have not responded to anything else."

A photograph of Crawford has been released because he was "approaching the age of maturity", and the picture's publication was "necessary and proportionate" to his behaviour, said the chairman of the bench.

Under the terms of his ASBO, Crawford is prohibited from driving or riding any motorised vehicle in any public place without the permission of the owner, without a licence or without legal documentation for the next two years.

He is also barred from being abusive, insulting or threatening and from using intimidating language or behaviour, and also from damaging, taking or interfering with the property of others without permission.