Boy, 10, is given two-year Asbo

The boy's father was given a three-month parenting order.

A 10-year-old boy has become one of the youngest children in Britain to be given an anti-social behaviour order.

Anthony Bird, of Teesville, Middlesbrough, was served the two-year order after a 10-month spate of incidents in the South Bank area.

Teesside Youth Court banned him from drinking alcohol, threatening staff in two shops and throwing objects.

Redcar and Cleveland Council said it applied for the order hoping to change the youngster's ways.

A council spokesman said: "Of course we recognise his young age, but we felt it was necessary to seek this Asbo in a bid to prevent further acts of anti-social behaviour.

"We firmly believe it will act as both protection for the public and an incentive for Anthony to improve his behaviour for the benefit of everyone he comes into contact with."

At Wednesday's hearing, the boy was also given a six-month individual support order, and his father Nigel Bird, a three-month parenting order.

Magistrate Sonia Brogden told the youngster: "Things have got very, very serious indeed.

"You've got to take notice. You've got to stick to these conditions like glue."

The Asbo was imposed for anti-social behaviour between May 2006 and February this year.