A TEENAGE troublemaker has been warned he could go to jail if he breaks a three-year Anti-Social Behaviour Order.

Christopher Mordue, 17, of Petwell House, Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, will have to abide by the terms of the order until the eve of his 20th birthday, in March 2007.

The order, sought by Durham Police, was made yesterday by magistrates in Durham who heard that Mordue's behaviour between January and May this year had caused people in the Easington area harassment, alarm and distress.

The police said he had been involved in a catalogue of incidents.

These included drinking in public, ramming a scaffolding pole through someone's letterbox, and damaging a satellite dish.

Police solicitor Steve Mooney said Mordue was also alleged to have called for an ambulance and then wasted the crew's time by being abusive and aggressive and refusing treatment.

Other incidents included trespassing on allotments and being abusive and threatening to street wardens who told him to move on, cracking the window of a house with a snowball, pouring petrol on a fire in a road, swearing at a resident who told him to stop kicking a football against his garage door and being drunk and disorderly.

Mordue's solicitor Viv Waugh said his client accepted five of the specific allegations about his behaviour, denied six others and partly denied the incident with the ambulance.

Chairman of the bench Robert Harrison said Mordue had accepted that he had acted in an anti-social manner between January and May although he disputed some of the police evidence.

"We believe the Anti-Social Behaviour Order is necessary to protect the public from further acts.''

Mr Harrison urged Mordue not to break the order and warned that if he did, he would be brought back to court to face a custodial sentence.

Under the terms of the order, which applies to the whole district of Easington, he must not:

* Drink in public;

* Trespass;

* Stay on premises when asked to leave;

* Throw anything at property or people;

* Start fires;

* Damage property;

* Interfere or take property;

* Use indecent words or behaviour;

* Assault, attempt to assault, harass, intimidate or abuse others;

* Encourage anyone else to breach most of the terms of the order.

PC Gail Conroy said she was pleased the order had been granted against Mordue.

She said: "I am quite happy with that. It is what we wanted."

"I think it will be quite effective in curbing his behaviour."