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Teen thugs with orders for terrorising their neighbours, binge drinking and serial theft will be handed free entry to the London Dungeon - but well-behaved families will have to fork out more than £70.

The move has sparked fury from MPs and youth workers.

Thanks to the Asbo deal louts can tip tips some of history's greatest rogues - with attractions dedicated to killers Jack the Ripper and Sweeney Todd.

They can also try thrills and spills on "Traitor - The boat ride to hell" and check out a range of guillotines, thumb screws and other chilling torture devices.

Serial nuisances with ASBOs for arson can even swot up on an exhibit dedicated to the Great Fire of London.

While the teenagers stroll in free, normal families buying peak time fast track tickets, entitling them to entry between 10.30am and 1pm will be charged a staggering £71.80 for a family of four (two adults and two children).

One 14-year-old hoodie from Croydon, south London said: "Other kids already think I'm hard because I've got an Asbo - and this is even better.

"If we're getting treats like this its only going to encourage my pals to get an Asbo too."

Harriet Harman, MP for nearby Camberwell and Peckham, is among those to condemn the scheme.

She said: "The message it sends out and the atmosphere it creates is not appropriate."

Youth worker Jennifer Blake, who runs a youth centre in Peckham, added: "I think it's totally disgusting."?

Colin Thomas from the London Dungeon defended the decision to allow ASBO kids in free - insisting it is appropriate because it makes a comparison between today's petty yobbery and similar offences in the 18th century.