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Teenage tearaway asks to be named by press

A Middlesbrough newspaper was able to identify a 13-year-old who received a five-year anti-social behaviour order after, in an unusual twist, the girl chose to be named.

The Evening Gazette reported how the girl had carried out catalogue of attacks, varying from racist abuse to egg throwing, which led to the banning order being imposed.

When District Judge Martin Walker was asked to consider lifting a ban preventing the girl from being named, he was shocked to hear that the girl wanted her name publicised.

He was told the teenager feared being labelled a ‘grass’ by her friends and others living in the area if she wasn’t named, as others served with an ASBO had been so.

  • In the next few weeks 1,000 leaflets are due be delivered to homes affected by the ASBO with full details of the order, a picture of the teenager and a contact number to report any breach.

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