POLICE in Mid Devon have continued their crackdown on anti-social behaviour, serving a teenager with a six-month injunction granted by the courts.

Officers from the Tiverton Neighbourhood Policing team were at Exeter Magistrates’ Court recently to present evidence regarding a case of persistent anti-social behaviour involving a teenage boy from the Tiverton.

Officers presented evidence to the court to demonstrate persistent criminal acts and anti-social behaviour committed by the local boy, aged 14, in Tiverton town centre.

Exeter Magistrates’ Court subsequently granted a six-month Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction (ASBI) that will be in place until February 2027.

Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Selina Gray was responsible for the application.

She said: “This boy has been known to us since 2024 and has been involved in 80 incidents including anti-social behaviour, criminal damage, theft and shop theft since January alone.

“As you can imagine, this has had a huge impact on people living in and working in the area.

“Previous interventions were unsuccessful and this individual has breached their acceptable behaviour contract more than 40 times.”

As outlined in the conditions of the ASBI, the 14-year-old will not be allowed to enter Tesco or Lidl stores on Blundells Road and must not remain in any shop once they have been asked to leave by a member of staff or a police officer/ police community support officer.

The teenager must also refrain from using language or behaving in a manner that causes another person to feel harassed, alarmed, distressed or in fear, including shouting, swearing, name-calling or threatening someone.

PCSO Gray added: “At this time, we are not publicly naming this child, but we would like to reassure the community that these conditions will be closely and directly monitored by us, and any unrelated criminal offences will be dealt with accordingly.”

Anyone with concerns or information about antisocial behaviour should report it to police online using the reporting tool on the force website: dc.police.uk/tua or by calling 101. If a crime is happening now, call 999.