A teenager who has repeatedly broken the terms of his anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) has been made the subject of a six-month detention and training order.

Fifteen-year-old Luke Patchett, who was part of a gang known as the "Dynamic Crew," was made the subject of a four-year ASBO in September because of his unruly behaviour in the Undercliffe area of Bradford. The hearing was told that Patchett had been involved in throwing fireworks, damaging property and threatening people in Undercliffe.

Bradford Youth Court heard yesterday that Patchett had broken the order on three occasions last year.

Under the terms of the ASBO, the teenager is banned from entering an exclusion zone bounded by Bolton Road, Pullen Avenue, Harrogate Road, Moorside Road, Fagley Road, Lister Lane, Valley View Grove and Northcote Road.

However, in December he was seen in the garden of a house in Wellington Street, Eccleshill.

When he was arrested at the scene Patchett claimed that he was looking for some money he had dropped there on an earlier occasion.

A week later he was then seen by a witness in a shop in Harrogate Road with a friend whom he was banned from associating with.

On another occasion he was again seen in the exclusion zone when police stopped a car he was travelling in.

At first he gave false details to the police but later admitted who he was and agreed that he had breached his ASBO by being in the exclusion zone and in a public place after 9pm.

In court, Patchett, of Westfield Terrace, Undercliffe, pleaded guilty to five counts of breaching the order as well as a charge of obstructing a police officer.

His solicitor Alistair Bateman told the court that Patchett had now been "brought to his senses" and realises how serious breaching the order is.

Mr Bateman said: "Anti-social behaviour orders are expected to protect the public. They're getting to people who are creating havoc on the estates and making people's lives a misery.

"But perhaps with an ASBO in place on a young man of 15 years of age it may be that this young man will not be a nuisance in years to come."

When asked if he had anything to say, Patchett told the magistrates that he was sorry for what he had done and was not going to do it again.

Passing sentence, bench chairman Roger Davey told the teenager that the offences were so serious that they justified a custodial sentence. He said: "You have ignored previous court orders, and non-custodial sentences have been tried in the past and it has not stopped you offending. Anti-social behaviour orders are made to protect the public. You have breached the order three times and that is not acceptable."

After representations for the Telegraph & Argus, reporting restrictions were lifted allowing the teenager to be identified.

Mr Davey said that it was in the public interest that the proceedings should be reported.