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Hull teenagers handed ASBOs (14 March 2014)
Date: 14/03/2014
Two teenagers from Hull have been handed Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) in an attempt to curb their consistent offending in the city, which has ranged from petty crimes to burglary and abusive behaviour.
Fourteen-year-old Clinton Prowell will now be unable to frequent two estates after causing mayhem in the areas for four years while part of a local gang. Hull’s Magistrates’ Court heard that the boy often ripped down residents' fences and even set fire to a number of wheelie bins on Bonfire Night last year.
James Hegarty, also 14, was also given a stringent ASBO that will restrict his movement after a series of offences that culminated in him burgling several properties last year. Hegarty stole four bottles of cola on one occasion before stealing £300 worth of electrical equipment several days later in September.
PSCO Nat Barker added: “Hegarty has been well known to the policing team for four years, but in the past year his behaviour has escalated and he is now committing more serious offences. He has to be shown that this behaviour is not going to be accepted and an ASBO was necessary to do this.”
Prowell had been given a chance to turn his life around earlier this year when a judge suggested that an acceptable behaviour contract would be best suited for him. However, several more antisocial incidents meant it could not be granted.
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