There, the ASBO-obsessed council has 480 orders currently in place. That compares with 374 ASBOs issued across the whole of Scotland between 1999 and 2004.
McConnell and friends saw a film made by a Lesley Pulman in an effort to rid her estate of troublesome neighbours. It worked, says The Scotsman newspaper, when culprits were duly issued with ASBOs. Manchester is proud of the success, though the details provided in The Scotsman are a bit confusing.
For one thing, the video shows "children as young as three vandalising Mrs Pulman's car", yet you can't issue an ASBO to anyone under 10.
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