A 13-year-old boy with a string of convictions has become the youngest person in the Bradford district to be given an anti-social behaviour order.

Tiny fair-haired Luke Menzies was made the subject of a temporary order by a district judge yesterday with a list of stringent conditions he has to obey.

They include:

l a curfew between 9pm and 7am

l a ban on possessing an air weapon or imitation firearm

l not being in possession of drugs

l not using or threatening violence

l not damaging or attempting to damage property.

He is also banned from entering the city centre except for legal appointments, cannot enter any land or building without authority and must not abuse, insult, harass or threaten anybody or act in a manner which could cause nuisance, harassment, alarm or distress.

District Judge David Thomas granted the interim ASBO at Bradford magistrates court after Bradford Council's anti-social behaviour team, supported by Bradford South Police, applied for the order. An application for a full order will take place in two weeks.

Harjit Ryatt, representing the Council, told the court the purpose of ASBOs was to protect the community and the interests of the public. Mr Ryatt said Menzies, of Falmouth Avenue, Wapping, Bradford, first came to the attention of police when he was nine and had since been convicted on 11 occasions, involving 14 offences including common assault, burglary, attempted burglary, robbery, theft, shoplifting and damage to property.

The innocent-faced boy, who looks younger than his years, sat next to his mother with his arms folded in front of him during the hearing, his blue and white striped top zipped up to his chin.

He was also wearing smart grey Reebok tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

At the start of the hearing, as he confirmed his name and address, the district judge had to ask if he was standing up because he was so small.

The catalogue of incidents, outlined to the court, since last December included a house burglary in April during which a woman complainant was too frightened to leave her bedroom, and being involved in firing a pellet gun at random in public.

On another occasion he was outside a house when police were called to a report of youths having drugs on the premises.

He was also involved in an incident where a woman shop worker was verbally abused and threatened with violence and a car had been damaged.

District Judge Thomas said he was satisfied there had been acts of anti-social behaviour but what he was doing was only a temporary measure.