A teenage yob who caused misery for a Teesside community has been allowed by a judge to retain his anonymity.
The 14-year-old was hit with a two year anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) by Teesside Magistrates' Court last month.
The ASBO banned the boy from causing intimidation in South Street, Eston, and ordered him to stop throwing missiles at buildings, among other restrictions.
District Judge Martin Walker yesterday made a final decision about whether the youth could be publicly identified.
After representations from Redcar and Cleveland Council and the Evening Gazette, Judge Walker ruled that an order banning the naming of the youth should stay.
His decision follows controversy last week when District Judge Roger Elsey allowed a 13-year-old ASBO teen, who terrorised the Saltersgill and Beechwood areas of Middlesbrough, to keep his anonymity.
Yesterday Judge Walker said the limited area in which the Eston teenager's anti-social behaviour took place and the lower level of his offending were factors in his decision.
Meanwhile, Judge Walker said another 14-year-old from Saltersgill, Middlesbrough, who has been hit with an ASBO should also retain his anonymity - at least until a trial he is facing on December 8 for alleged firearms offences is over.
