A TEENAGE tearaway who repeatedly flouted an anti-social behaviour order is to be electronically tagged as part of a three-month curfew imposed by magistrates.
The 14 year old from Redditch, who cannot be named, was also given a two-year supervision order after admitting handling stolen goods, criminal damage and using racially aggravated, threatening or insulting words or behaviour.
Redditch Magistrates heard how on February 7 the boy went into a store with others just before closing time to buy some snacks. The shop owner told them to be quick as he was about to close.
The teenager started swearing at the the shopkeeper, calling him a ''Paki''.
Prosecutor Alex Warren said the abuse continued and the shopkeeper eventually gave chase on foot.
Later, after getting in his car, the shopkeeper caught up with the youngster and grabbed him by the hood of his jacket. When he let go, the teenager kicked the side of his Audi A6, causing £265 damage.
The court also heard how, the day before, the youth had spotted an off-duty policeman at McDonalds Drive-Thru in North Moons Moat and started shouting abuse at him.
Mr Warren told how on another occasion in February the teenager helped move equipment, including computers, stolen from a health clinic.
Mr Warren said: "He accepted that he knew the equipment was not legitimate and had seen someone scratching the identification number off computer equipment."
Complaints had also been made about the teenager repeatedly breaching his anti-social behaviour order by entering a shop in an area where he was banned, added Mr Warren.
David Sheppard, defending, said the boy accepted his behaviour was unacceptable but said he did not remember calling the shopkeeper racist names.
"The reality is he is extremely easily led and on all the occasions he has been with others and he feels he must display like a bird in front of his peers. He's like a toy that you wind up," said Mr Sheppard.
He said the teenager had generated a great amount of media interest after he became the youngest person in the country to be given an anti-social behaviour order in 1999.
"Notoriety has followed as a result and his peers know he can be wound up because he's at that age where he doesn't want to lose face," added Mr Sheppard.
The curfew order states he must stay indoors at home between 7pm and 7am.
He will also have to attend a "specified activity requirement programme" in which he will be encouraged to look at his crimes and their effect on others.
Chairman of the bench John Tongue told the teenager if he contravened the orders he could face a custodial sentence.
An appeal by the Redditch Advertiser for reporting restrictions to be lifted to identify the boy was rejected by the magistrates.
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