ASBOs for teenage tearaways.TWO teenage tearaways have been given anti-social behaviour orders for terrorising a housing estate. Jermaine Beard, 16, of St Stephen's Road, West Bromwich West Bromwich (brŭm`ĭj, –ĭch, brŏm`wĭch), city (1991 pop. 146,386), Sandwell metropolitan district, W central England. , and Reece Evans, 17, of St Mark's Road, Tipton, plagued residents in the Hill Top area on the Wednesbury and West Bromwich border. The orders followed allegations of damage to property, verbal abuse verbal abuse Psychology A form of emotional abuse consisting of the use of abusive and demeaning language with a spouse, child, or elder, often by a caregiver or other person in a position of power. See Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Spousal abuse. , violent behaviour, stone throwing, harassment and intimidation. Beard accepted the allegations at West Bromwich Magistrates Court on August 5. He received a full three-year order. Evans was handed an interim ASBO ASBO Brit antisocial behaviour order until a full hearing on September 25. Coun Derek Rowley, Sandwell Council's cabinet member for safer communities, said: "We have a duty to law abiding citizens to take whatever action is necessary to protect them from those intent on causing problems in the community." |
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