POLICE and an MP today called for a teenager crimewave to be named and shamed after he was locked up yet again.

The move came as officers said they may apply for an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) against the 14-year-old, less than two months after he was released from detention.

The teenager, from the Accrington area, already branded a mini crimewave by police, admitted failing to comply with a detention and training order when he appeared before magistrates at Hyndburn youth court yesterday. .

An ASBO would enable the courts to name the boy so people in the area would know who he was.

Attempts by the police and the Lancashire Evening Telegraph to persuade magistrates to lift an identification ban, imposed because of the boy's age, failed last year.

But the tearaway was given the 18-month order in July after admitting three charges of burglary and one of absconding from a Youth Offending Team (YOT).

The order was later reduced to 12 months after a Crown Court appeal and the boy was released on licence on New Year's Eve.

The court heard that he then turned up nearly two hours late for an education session in January, then refused to work.

Today, Inspector John O'Reilly said: "I agree with not naming and shaming most young people, but this lad has been given so many chances and thrown it back in the faces of everyone who has tried to help him.

"I would be quite happy if he was named so people know who he is and the trouble that he causes in the area. He's a mini crimewave for us. People should be warned that if they see this person out and about they should beware of their property because he will steal it.

"I would suggest that naming him publicly would be a form of crime prevention. I genuinely do feel hurt when I find the number of people affected by him, young and old. It's heartbreaking to know there's a lot of decent people affected by him.

"During the period of time he's not out causing us problems we will review all the information we have on him and if an ASBO is considered suitable for the future, we will definitely take that on.

"When we have an appropriate amount of information we will contact Hyndburn Council."

Hyndburn MP Greg Pope, said: "Despite my concerns about naming young people who appear in court, this lad has committed so many offences and is clearly not responding to the normal treatment processes. I think he should be named.

"I fully support Inspector O'Reilly, who is doing a marvellous job, and it must be terribly frustrating to arrest this young man, get him off the streets for a few weeks and then find him offending again straight away.

"He's clearly beyond the normal criminal justice processes and He's not only a danger to local people but also to himself."

Last year, the teenager went on the run for two days after fleeing a YOT in Blake Street, Accrington.

In the two years before the order was imposed he appeared in court more than 30 times, mainly on burglary charges.

Ordering him to be detained for three months yesterday Terence Neville, chairman of the bench, said: "We have listened very carefully to what the defence and the Youth Offending Team have said, and we feel we no alternative but to return you to custody."