'Mini Krays' are banned from their own home town after three-year reign of terror

Michael and Ben Dungey, 14, abused neighbours, bullied children and attacked shops, believing the law could not touch them because of their age.

They also led a gang of children - some believed still to attend primary school - encouraging them to smash shop windows and cause chaos in the town.

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Desperate magistrates issued the far-reaching Asbo - which even bans the twins from the top-deck of buses and their old home - as a last resort to curb their behaviour.

In all, the pair committed hundreds of crime including theft, vandalism and assault.

They also targeted an elderly couple who lived in their building on the Waterloo Estate in Romford, Essex, and assaulted the estate's caretaker.

Last year, just minutes after being caught on CCTV stealing a young girl's bike, the pair were seen throwing it out of a ninth-floor window of a tower block.

It crashed onto the pavement, narrowly missing a pedestrian walking below.

Under the terms of the Asbo, the brothers have been banned from riding on the top deck of buses, and getting off the train between Gidea Park and Chadwell Heath.

They are under a strict curfew, and must be home between 9pm and 6am from Sunday to Thursday and 11pm and 6am on Friday and Saturday nights.

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They have also been banned from the Waterloo Estate, a shopping centre in town and a nearby park.

The pair, who at the time lived with their mother on the estate, have since moved to Rainham, Essex.

Former neighbours are still afraid to be named when talking about the twins, for fear of reprisal.

One said: "We call them the little Kray Brothers; they were obsessed with them and wanted to be like them.

"They used to terrorise everybody. They have got the bottle and the front to confront anybody, and the intelligence to know they aren't going to get in trouble for it.

"They know that if you snapped at them, or slapped them, the law would be on their side.

"I'm well-built and can look after myself but they would even try to provoke me. They caused trouble 24/7, you could always hear police sirens.

"You always get kids causing trouble but this was way beyond that."

Another neighbour said: "They led a group of kids around here, they would be abusive to people and graffiti everywhere.

"As soon as they moved in here four years ago they have been nothing but trouble. It didn't matter who it was, or what age they were, they wouldn't care.

"The mother couldn't do anything with them. They gave the police aggravation.

"I used to hear them running around the estate at night, getting chased. They would encourage younger kids to smash windows with rocks too.

"Since the twins moved out before Christmas it is much more peaceful."

The brothers appeared at Havering and Barking Magistrates' Court in January, where they were given the three-year Asbo.

A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "These two have been responsible for extremely anti- social behaviour for some time now.

"Residents and shopkeepers have put up with abuse, thefts and graffiti which blighted the area.

"We hope the anti-social behaviour orders will force them and their family to realise the serious consequences of their actions."