, o6 K( Y4 x' ?3 B" D- UTHE BABY-FACED ASBO, X8 F q; n" v. Q6 v1 z
VIOLENCE, THEFT, BURGLARY, ARSON, ABUSE ..AT AGE 13 p4 L) h5 R# _- F, z$ s" PMEET Charlie Mitchell - a 13-year-old hardened criminal with an Asbo., B H' Y$ }2 u% N6 |# G! U0 V
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The 4ft 6in lout has terrorised his neighbourhood - setting fires, frightening pensioners, ransacking a church, wrecking fences and gardens and lying and conning his way into OAPs' homes with sob stories., X# D, A1 s2 G U$ v
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He even broke into a car, let the handbrake off then watched it smash into a parked vehicle. b, M, Q* Z- j, H- @
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One neighbour, too afraid to be named, said: "Word would go around that Charlie Mitchell was about and that something would be going off. 9 O( }# G+ d$ C+ L5 g" N E, ]+ |; p0 U% Y4 N
"Nothing was safe in your back garden and shoplifting was a bit of fun for him. He was under-age and his attitude was 'you can't touch me'." - b6 D2 I0 L( k% |; Z6 H' [1 [) m, b5 W) C1 z2 h- D
Now magistrates have given him a two-year Asbo barring him from parts of his city and from leaving home without an adult.1 _" G0 P! ^0 \& V
4 ~; j& o' I2 [) _* w/ oHe is also banned from swearing, using racist words, throwing things, drinking and starting fires. Prosecutor Dylan Sadler told Plymouth magistrates: "You are dealing with an individual who has been described as being a hardened criminal at 12.% M* A! B7 M- S$ f! o* t; K; i
) Q% E1 U5 c5 c: Z! ~3 }"One elderly resident said his life had been sheer hell, and he had gone to extreme lengths to protect his property from Charlie.", U3 f6 I' ?9 W, P
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Foul-mouthed Charlie, from Efford in Plymouth, was expelled from school in November. His family says he got in with the wrong crowd." D$ A0 a" }( Y8 C& _
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A youth liaison officer said: "His mother and father have made great efforts to stop him mixing with certain people.8 y) O2 |% ]5 G
" s2 a( C# i& u7 j% |, Q6 F4 \The family have had problems and his parents admitted he was almost out of control."* G/ @6 ~& Y, W- R. ^
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His solicitor Mackenzie Robinson said: "He accepts his behaviour was appalling. His last anti-social behaviour was in December and since then he has changed."