Yob named

Ross MacPherson, 15, of Gordon Road, Shoreham, has been ordered to keep away from the shop in Buckingham Road, after magistrates heard he had banged and smashed the glass windows of the business, started fights outside and had continued to threaten and swear at shop staff.

And the Herald can name and shame him after successfully applying to magistrates to have reporting restrictions lifted and to Adur police to release a photograph of him.

MacPherson, given an interim ASBO by magistrates in February, appeared at court on Thursday for Adur District Council and police to apply for a full ASBO on him.

Adur council prosecutor Joe Ashton told the bench that MacPherson had already been given a six-month referral order by Worthing Youth Court in March last year for criminal damage and was also given a two-year supervision order for various offences in March this year.

He also had other charges against him for which he was due in court later this year.

Mark Rogers, representing Mac-Pherson, said: "I dispute the fact that an ASBO should be made against my client.

"He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and behaviour problems. He has attended special schools and successfully completed his referral order.

"I believe the police should have offered him the chance of an acceptable behaviour contract before considering an ASBO."

After considering the evidence, magistrates granted a two-year ASBO, which will run until August 30, 2007.

The ASBO states that MacPherson must not cause nuisance, alarm, distress or harassment to anyone, use threatening violence towards anyone, use threatening, abusive language or behaviour to anyone, enter parts of Shoreham town centre, cause or attempt to cause criminal damage, take drugs or drink alcohol in a public place, contact any of the witnesses who provided evidence in the case against him or encourage others to carry out any of these banned acts on his behalf.

If MacPherson breaches the ASBO and is found guilty, he could be sent to prison for two years or fined, or both.