The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and handed a six-month curfew from 7pm to 7am after being convicted of assault, theft and criminal damage offences.
At a hearing at Leicester Youth Court he was also ordered to carry out 15 days of activities with the youth offending team and pay compensation to his victims. This includes paying £30 to another 11-year-old whose neck he held a knife to.
Frances Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the charity was "extremely concerned" that tagging was being applied to an 11-year-old.
She said: "Children in trouble with the law are first and foremost children, and should be treated as such. Putting children on tag does nothing to address the causes of crime and will have no long-term impact on offending."
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