Shoplifter asks for her own Asbo – BBC News
“A convicted shoplifter is believed to be the first person to have requested her own Asbo, police have said.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: ASBOs
Nottingham tackles Asbo culture with early action – the Independent
“It has been called the gun crime capital of the UK and has languished at the bottom of the education league tables, but now Nottingham is transforming its fortunes with a groundbreaking early intervention project to tackle Asbo culture.”
The Independent, 12th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Secretary: We’re fighting back – Home Office
“A new ‘action squad’ will work with police and local agencies in every community to help them take on the problem of anti-social behaviour.”
Home Office, 8th May 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Benefits officers enlisted to tackle anti-social behaviour – The Independent
“Officials from housing benefits officers to TV licence inspectors are to be enlisted in the fight against anti-social behaviour, under plans unveiled today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
The Independent, 8th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
ASBOs quietly dropped as most young offenders ignore them – The Times
“One of Labour’s main policies to tackle yobbish disorder is facing a slow death after figures published yesterday showed a sharp drop in antisocial behaviour orders.”
The Times, 9th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Level of breached Asbos increases – BBC News
“The proportion of people who have breached their Asbos in England and Wales has gone up.”
BBC News, 8th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police should harass young thugs – Smith – The Guardian
“Police should be harassing badly behaved youths by openly filming them and hounding them at home to make their lives as uncomfortable as possible, the home secretary will say today.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bingo jackpot for drunk Asbo offender – Daily Telegraph
“A drinker who injured a woman police officer while resisting arrest was given an Asbo banning him from all pubs and clubs – except when he wants to go to bingo.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cockerel owner gets noise asbo – The Guardian
“A chicken owner has been given an asbo after his cockerels kept neighbours awake by crowing 400 times an hour. Peter Stoodley, 64, has been ordered to evict 80 birds living at the back of his shop in Yeovil after the council received a ‘sustained period’ of complaints about the noise.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Practice Direction (Crime: Behaviour Order Application Forms) – WLR Daily
Practice Direction (Crime: Behaviour Order Application Forms); [2008] WLR (D) 98
“The two forms to be used in connection with r 50.3 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, as substituted, were set out. The amendment was to take effect on 7 April 2008.”
WLR Daily, 9th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
‘Sin bins’ fail to improve anti-social families – Daily Telegraph
“Plans to put disruptive families through expensive so-called sin bin programmes to improve their behaviour are proving a costly failure, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Persistent 999 caller given Asbo – BBC News
“A woman who rang emergency services more than 100 times when she was drunk to ask for a lift home has been given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ministers target badly behaved children in £218m crime scheme – The Independent
“Hundreds of children displaying anti-social behaviour will be targeted by youth workers under government plans to cut crime.”
The Independent, 19th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ed Balls plans ‘baby Asbos’ for 10-year olds – Daily Telegraph
“Tearaways as young as 10 are to be targeted with ‘baby Asbos’ to stop them going off the rails.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children think Asbos are cool, study finds – Daily Telegraph
“Many children do not see receiving an anti-social behaviour order as a sign they have done anything wrong, and some even think they are ‘cool’, a new report has concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Asbo bans man’s sheep from village – Daily Telegraph
“A sheep farmer has been given an Asbo that deprives him of the ancient right to graze his flock in his village.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man armed with axe during visit by Queen jailed for six years – The Guardian
“An ‘angry and aggressive’ man who was arrested carrying an axe in a crowd waiting for Queen Elizabeth was jailed for a total of six years today.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman who defied Asbo must pay £200,000 – Daily Telegraph
“A retired businesswoman who flouted an Anti-Social Behaviour Order imposed after she tyrannised her neighbours in a quiet rural hamlet was warned she will have to pay court costs of £200,000.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Journalist has no right to ASBO names, says Information Tribunal – OUT-LAW.com
“A journalist has been refused the right under freedom of information laws to receive a list of anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) recipients because disclosure of a person’s name long after the award of an ASBO is not the same as disclosure at the time.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Deportation for island ‘Asbo’ man – BBC News
“A man who spent most of his life living on Anglesey is being deported to the Philippines for breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 7th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
