“Tensions within the coalition are believed to have delayed the introduction of a more ‘punitive’ regime to tackle antisocial behaviour and replace Labour’s discredited asbos.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new community trigger to force police to investigate any incident of anti-social behaviour reported by at least five people will do little to tackle the problem in the long term, campaigners said today.”
The Independent, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man barred from protesting at the site of an Olympic basketball training facility has been ordered by a court to stay away from all Games venues.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An activist who took part in a protest against the construction of an Olympic facility says he has been handed a court order banning him from approaching any Olympic venue, activity or official.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 87-year-old woman has been given an interim anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) for playing her radio too loud and banging her walking stick on the wall, a council confirmed today.”
The Independent, 10th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been banned from carrying scissors in public after he sneaked up on two unsuspecting women and cut their hair.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two pensioners have been given anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) stopping them feeding pigeons in Trowbridge for five years.”
BBC News, 10th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Berkshire man has been jailed for posting abusive messages online about a schoolgirl after she committed suicide. Sean Duffy, 25, of Reading, was handed an 18-week sentence for posts on social networking sites about Worcester teenager Natasha MacBryde.”
BBC News, 13th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman has been banned from begging in Cardiff as a result of an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) imposed on her for three years.”
BBC News, 30th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Seven in ten children and teenagers are ignoring Asbos, fuelling fears they are treated as little more than a badge of honour, figures reveal for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Staffordshire man who had unprotected sex with his partner knowing he had HIV has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 25th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 80-year-old woman accused of hurling anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic abuse at neighbours has been given an Anti-social Behaviour Order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two girls who were known as the ‘Whitebirk witches’ have been given anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) for terrorising their neighbours.”
BBC News, 29th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A leading children’s charity this week warned of the dangers of government plans to repeal the anti-social behaviour order (asbo).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man who has been repeatedly jailed for the past eight years for defying an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) is seeking to have it overturned.”
BBC News, 21st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Children’s charities today criticised the coalition’s plans to replace asbos with a new regime to tackle anti-social behaviour as little more than a rebranding exercise that would continue to demonise young people.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Offenders could be stripped of prized possessions such as iPods under proposals to give police better powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, the Home Office said today.”
The Independent, 7th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The owner of a skateboarding dog has been warned he faces being issued with an Asbo if his pet carries on riding without a leash.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A range of measures to tackle anti-social behaviour will be unveiled as the Government pledges to crack down on minor crime.”
The Independent, 7th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who upset children by dressing up as a schoolgirl was wrongly jailed by magistrates, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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