Police are again hunting the notorious teeny crook Spiderboy after he snubbed probation appointments because he was too busy making a film about his crimes.

Charity bosses sparked outrage when it was revealed they were to pay the boy criminal Tommy Laws to make a TV documentary after he was released from prison.

But now he is set to return behind bars after shirking meetings with his probation officer so he could star in front of the camera.

Laws, now 21, is making a video warning kids from problem estates to stay away from crime.

Church charity the Cedarwood Trust chose him for the role in the hope his story would discourage other kids from following his example.

They hoped his involvement would give him a fresh start in life on the outside.

But the charity was accused of glamourising the issue by involving the young hoodlum in the £15,000 project after admitting he would be paid for his work.

Laws first shot to infamy as a 15-year-old by escaping from police and secure institutions.

He was pictured racing across a rooftop in his home town of North Shields, North Tyneside, with police officers pursuing him.

Laws was released from Holme House Prison in Stockton, Teesside, after serving nine months of an 18-month term for affray and escaping custody - when he fled from a magistrates court after climing from the dock.

On his release in May he was whisked away by charity bosses to begin filming - but was warned he must must fulfil the terms of his release or return to prison to face the rest of his sentence.

And now a warrant has been issued for his arrest after he missed his probation appointment because he was in front of the camera.

From a secret location on Tyneside the teeny crook, who claims he wants to turn his life around for the sake of his six-month-old son, Tom, said: "I don't want to go back to jail.

"I'm going straight, I've been offered a job as a labourer. I need to stay out of jail to support my son. I'm trying to stay clean for his sake.

"I know I've missed probation appointments, but that is because I was filming a documentary to keep kids away from crime."

A probation service spokeswoman said: "Thomas Laws served the required part of his sentence in custody and was released on licence under probation service supervision.

"The conditions of a licence are very clear and stipulate that individuals must keep regular appointments with a supervising probation officer, where their attitudes and behaviour are monitored.

"Thomas Laws did not comply with these conditions and missed two appointments without valid reason.

"The probation service responded to this violation by applying to have his licence revoked.

"The Home Office sentence enforcement unit has sanctioned this, meaning he will be returned to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence inside."