Asbo for the 12-year-old thug nicknamed Chucky

Oliver Clinch, 12, brought chaos and fear to his neighbourhood as he went on an alcohol-fuelled crime spree, smashing windows, stealing, abusing residents in the street and leading other youths 'like the Pied Piper'.

Clinch's victims are looking forward to their first peaceful night in more than a year after he was given a two-year anti-social behaviour order.

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They hope it will bring to an end the 12-month reign of terror during which

4ft 5in Clinch committed at least 60 offences in Little Lever near Bolton.

PC Graham Westwell told Bolton magistrates that he had spent 85 per cent of his working life dealing with Clinch's crimes. He said: 'In my view, these 60 offences in the last year represent only half of the crimes he has committed.

'People are either too scared to come forward or he has only been prosecuted for one of a number of similar offences committed at the same time.

'On numerous occasions, I've seen him behaving like the Pied Piper with a group of 16 or 17 youths following him to watch his behaviour.

'They know he will do stupid things. When he's drunk, he's out of control. Some have said that his behaviour is like that of an animal.'

Among his catalogue of crimes, Clinch targeted an Asian shopkeeper and his family with racial abuse at least a dozen times. Graffiti featuring Clinch's name was daubed on the outside of the shop and the windows were smashed three times.

Clinch would also verbally abuse and spit at members of the public, subjecting them to a torrent of foul language.

On several occasions, he targeted women for abuse and made sexual remarks to a teacher after being expelled from school.

He also reversed his aunt's car into the road and attacked her after she refused to drive him to a friend's house.

Recently, he stole lead from the roof of the school, tried to smash a bus station window and stole a case of lager from an off-licence.

One resident said: 'It's a been a year and a half of hell because of that lad. He has brought misery to the whole community with his drinking, foul mouth, yobbery and vandalism.

'He was nicknamed Chucky after the doll in the Child's Play movies and it was hardly surprising. At least in the films it was not real life.

'We're just breathing a huge sigh of relief that some action has been taken against him and we just hope this Asbo stands him to attention.'

Applying for the Asbo, Rana Vaithianatha, prosecuting, said: 'There are people who have been systematically abused by Oliver Clinch and this order is needed to protect the people of Little Lever from further offences.'

Under the order, Clinch is banned from causing harassment, alarm or distress to the public.

He is also banned from possessing alcohol and associating with a number of named youths and must also stay away from certain areas of the town. If Clinch breaches the Asbo, he faces up to five years in custody.