Boy, 16, broke 'anti-social' Order

The 16-year-old boy of Buxton Drive had the order made last October to prohibit him from causing alarm or distress to anyone in Rother.

He appeared in court on Wednesday after breaching the order by being violent and abusive to a group of girls.

A report of his behaviour was read by District Judge Tain at Hastings Magistrates Court, acting on youth matters.

Judge Tain said: "I did not expect to see a report that had all these really pretty good things about you, to be honest.

"The order needed to be made in the first place with the huge risk that you were a person who could not comply with it at all.

"Not only are you not getting into trouble on a regular basis but you are doing some pretty good things that are helping people."

His Anti-Social Behaviour Order made the allowance of letting him attend Sidley Young People's Centre. This proved beneficial to his behaviour.

"They thought they wouldn't be able to take you back but they were persuaded, and as a result you are delivering the goods."

But the now rare flare-ups in his behaviour are still apparent.

"The problem is every now and then you are not reacting appropriately, and you face a bit of a problem with your friends or ex-friends.

"Do you think you are going to be able to stop these things happening in the future?" asked Judge Tain.

"Yeah." said Daniel.

"What makes you think that?" asked Judge Tain.

"I just do". said Daniel.

Judge Tain said: "I completely understand the breach of the order is a bad thing. Let me make clear, some adults I see go through this process have gone through some reasonable prison sentences for breaching an order. Some up to 18 months.

"The report says 'Daniel is slowly showing signs of maturity',

"'He thrives on having some responsibility'."

Helping people is part of the work set out for Daniel by the Youth Offending Team. He is about to start on a new project.

Daniel was sentenced to carry out 12 hours of reparation, to make up for his breach by doing more work in the community, and his parents put on a parenting scheme to give them advice on how to support him with his Anti-Social Behaviour Order.