HOOLIGAN Stine Wilson is driven out of York - banished for the rest of his teenage years.

The 18-year-old has been banned from the city for two years to give York residents a break.

Under a groundbreaking court order, he faces a five-year jail sentence if he steps within the Outer Ring Road before November 24, 2005.

Chief Superintendent John Lacy said he was "absolutely ecstatic" about the hard-hitting legal move.

He said: "Stine Wilson has been a thorn not only in the police's side, but also in the side of the public.

"This sends a clear message that in this city, anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated."

A resident of Asquith Avenue, Tang Hall, where Wilson used to live, said: "I am delighted. It's very, very difficult to pin these people down. I hope in two years he'll be old enough to have a bit more sense."

Wilson has lived at several addresses in York and is well-known to the local criminal justice agencies for bad behaviour.

After his actions over eight months this year, City of York Council and the police asked magistrates to make an Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO) against him.

The order, designed to crack down on persistent nuisance behaviour, bans Wilson from visiting the city and from approaching 11 named people in any way.

At a civil hearing in York, Wilson, now of Knotford Nook, Pool Road, Otley, agreed that he had behaved in an antisocial manner on five occasions.

He admitted insulting a York council employee in Wilberforce Avenue, Clifton, on February 4, and stealing a pack of lager from the Co-op shop in Tang Hall Lane, on February 6.

He also admitted causing a nuisance at Netto, Layerthorpe, and trying to steal a bicycle from outside the store on February 11. On the same date he failed to stop when a policeman spotted him driving without a licence in Wigginton Road and then abandoned the vehicle. He went to a house in Giles Avenue, Tang Hall, and damaged a smoke alarm.

Barrister Justin Crossley, acting on behalf of City of York Council and the police, said it was a somewhat unusual case. He said: "But it is felt it will not only protect those living in the York local government area, but it will also give the defendant a rigidity."

Senior magistrate Richard Booth said that he and his colleagues feared they may be moving the problem of the teenager's behaviour from York to Otley.

He warned Wilson that the order would be on his record and magistrates could take that fact into account if he broke the law anywhere in future.

For Wilson, Chris Smith said he had already started to grow up and should mature more before the order expires.

Council leader Steve Galloway said: "We are very pleased to be getting more ASBOs. They and the Acceptable Behaviour Contracts are part of the fight against street level crime."

Updated: 10:42 Tuesday, November 25, 2003