A BABY-FACED tearaway who is regularly drunk is being named and shamed in the North-East community where dozens of residents have suffered from his antics.

John Ashley Kinsella, 12, was made the subject of a three-year Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) by magistrates in south Durham yesterday.

Today his face will be appearing on posters and leaflets being distributed around the Tindale Crescent area of Bishop Auckland, informing residents of the order and the eight conditions Kinsella must obey.

Durham police and Wear Valley District Council had submitted a file to the court at Newton Aycliffe outlining a catalogue of complaints about the boy's behaviour, together with 40 statements from victims and witnesses.

Fifteen incidents were cited from last May onwards, and there were another 28 from the two previous years.

Kinsella's schedule of shame included shoplifting, spitting, throwing stones at people, cars and buses, and throwing tiles from the roof of Bishop Auckland station.

He was often drunk and had formed a "terrible twosome" with an older boy, the court was told.

His victims included the youngest and oldest residents of his home community.

He harassed a four-year-old child, stole another child's mobile phone and hit a nine-year-old boy in the face.

He used foul language to teachers and pensioners, throwing stones at an 80-year-old woman on the Woodhouse Close Estate. Another victim was the elderly driver of a shopmobilty cart.

When police tried to arrest him, he kicked and punched them in an attempt to escape.

Magistrates heard that Kinsella, who is in custody following an appearance before the juvenile court at Bishop Auckland last Wednesday, was receiving appropriate help. They agreed that it was in the public interest that the order should be publicised.

Kinsella is barred from being drunk in public anywhere in Bishop Auckland, swearing, spitting, being in the company of the older boy, damaging property, throwing objects, harassing, intimidating of threatening any person and inciting or encouraging others.

Phil Shaw, Asbo co-ordinator for Wear Valley and Teesdale districts, said: "This is the first time we have used posters like this and we will do it again.

"It is not a question of naming and shaming, it is about informing the local community whose lives he has blighted.

"They should know the conditions of the Asbo because they are the best people to police the order."

Tindale Crescent beat officer PC Richie Clein said: "We are very pleased with the result. This youth is a prolific offender."