ASBOs for yobs who brought misery to elderly residents

10:10am Friday 18th May 2012 in News

Macauley Parr Macauley Parr

A GROUP of yobs – including boys aged 12 and 13 - who brought misery to the lives of residents have been handed two year anti-social behaviour orders.

Merseyside Police, St Helens Council and Helena Homes worked with residents in the Sutton Heath area to bring four ringleaders of the group before the court.

They are Adam Jones (18), Kane Mahon (13) and Macauley Parr (12).

One young person, who cannot be identified, remains on an interim ASBO until July when a further hearing will take place.

The tearaways caused damage and threw stones at property, intimidated residents and went into gardens causing residents, who were elderly, alarm and distress.

They defied warnings from the police, council and continuing with their unruly behaviour.

The group have been banned from being in a public place or front garden with one another, throwing stones or other objects at property, entering the front or rear gardens of private property. They are not to play any ball games in a residential street creating any hazards in the roadway to road users.

Chief Inspector Dave Pryce said: "Perpetrators of anti-social behaviour are given the chance to engage with the police and partners to change their ways, but this group continued to have an adverse effect on the residents of Sutton Heath.

“I hope this case will serve as a warning that both the police and the council are prepared to take strong measures against those who act in an unacceptable manner.”

Councillor Alison Bacon, St Helens Council's cabinet member for children and young people said: “The message is clear. We will not tolerate anti social behaviour which causes so much distress to communities.

“Anyone who sees any member of this group breaching the terms of their order should call Merseyside Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

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Comments(13)

frankly says...
10:27am Fri 18 May 12

Cant wait for one/some of out posters to come on with "They are only kids, what do you exspect kids to do ?"

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frankly says...
10:28am Fri 18 May 12

meant, our posters, not out posters..Sorry

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mikeperry109 says...
12:18pm Fri 18 May 12

And have parents been made to pay for the damage and compensate for the distress caused? I doubt it very much. How about stopping the family allowance?

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PM says...
4:20pm Fri 18 May 12

Firstly , an 18 year old is a man and should be in jail, not given a useless ASBO. As for the others , what on earth are their parents doing while they are causing chaos? If they are living in social housing then evict them and give the house to a more deserving family. If not fine the parents and make the parents and yobs go round to their victims and repair the damage under police supervision.

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frankly says...
5:28pm Fri 18 May 12

its ok saying evict them, that only pushes them to another place..ive seen it happen where i live.

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jumper says...
7:07pm Fri 18 May 12

They have got to play somewhere brigade have got what they wanted invite them round and sod em. That's what they seem to want. I am sure that's what I've read on other letters.

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rosered1 says...
2:29am Sat 19 May 12

What was the saying "Spare the rod and spoil the child"? This lot have obviously had no discipline whatsoever. Trainee yobs and nothing else.

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Olliebeak says...
7:57am Sat 19 May 12

What on earth is an 18yr old doing hanging around with a couple of 12/13yr olds? Wonder if the two younger ones were trying to impress him with their yobbish behaviour OR was he telling them what to do to try to keep himself out of trouble.

Am I right in thinking that, at 18, his punishment would be more severe than theirs?

Where I live, I get to see this kind of behaviour all the time - hooligans of this type blight the neighbourhood where I live/work (Huyton). I'm so sorry to see that it's almost as bad in my home town.

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Everard Edbutt says...
9:14am Sat 19 May 12

The 18 year old needs to take a look at himself and stop playing with little boys.
Giving them all an ASBO award for being bad will only bring out the worst in them but at least the courts are trying to look as if they care.

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jumper says...
10:32am Sat 19 May 12

As Mike says who pays compensation for damage does anybody know the position legally.The council apparently pay if bird droppings damage the paintwork of your motor if its parked under a tree. This type of behaviour has been going on before any of those where born so why has it took so long to do summut about it.

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distant view says...
2:15pm Sat 19 May 12

What on Earth is wrong with the youth of today.In my day if you got up to no good the person or persons you where annoying only had to say wait until your dad gets home and you spent the rest of the day wandering what your fate would be and behaving yourself. It seems to me that the parents of today couldn't care less. There's been a complete breakdown in respect,manners and fear of authority and it starts at school and carries on at home. Lets get back to the old ways, respect for your elders and authority and some swift punishment for those that just ignore your pleas

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pitbullboxing says...
5:48pm Sat 19 May 12

Kids having kids , partially the benefit state , human rights , these all contribute.

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lou duff says...
8:47pm Sat 19 May 12

well why everyone seems to be having there say think i will ...... your making em sound a lot worse than they are , if kicking a ball against a wall is classed as terrorising pensioners well shoot me i must ov been worse wen i was a kid , yes i comminted the crime of playing with a ball were it said no ball games , none of you know anything about any ov the kids on there but as for saying they shud be steralised ffs there is child killers out there that get treeted better , i sometimes think somepeople were never kids themselfs and shudnt be so quick to judge on the kids ov today x none ov the kids on here have attacked anyone murdered anyone or broke into anyones homes so i think people shud think before jumping on the bandwagon over how they shud be treeted . we was all kids remember x

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