A TEENAGER who brought misery to an estate in a seven-month reign of terror has been banned from his street - and can only enter his house through the back door.

Luke James Davies, 17, will have to wait until he is 21 before he can go into his own house through the front door.

Magistrates were so concerned by his behaviour that they banned him from going anywhere near his neighbours and he must now use an alleyway to enter his house through the back.

Yesterday the Argus successfully argued in court that Davies should be publicly named and shamed despite an attempt by his lawyers to try and keep his name and picture out of the paper.

Magistrates in Cwmbran heard the teenager, of Brynavon, Blaenavon, caused serious alarm and distress to neighbours in a string of anti-social incidents last year.

He attacked property, shouted obscenities at neighbours and in one incident became violent and had to be subdued by police with CS gas.

Under the tough anti-social behaviour order Davies will have to stay out of a strict exclusion zone around the Brynavon and Avon Road areas.

He is only allowed to use a footpath leading to the rear of his house and he is banned from approaching everyone in the street.

Chris Tindall, representing Torfaen Council, which brought the action, outlined a number of complaints against Davies including:

April 4 - Davies damaged a neighbour's fence.

May 22 - he damaged a front door in Foundry Road, Abersychan.

On the same day he used threatening words and gestures to a resident of Capel Newydd Avenue, and was later involved in a large fight in Blaenavon.

June 14 - Davies smashed the window of a neighbour's house and dam-aged their satellite dish.

August 9 - he entered a neighbour's garden and shouted abuse and insults to them.

August 17 - he was arrested for breaching bail conditions and on suspicion of damaging a car. He became violent with police and officers used CS spray.

Mr Tindall said: "It has got to the stage where these people need specific protection from this young man. It is important that they are allowed to live their lives freely without the harassment that they have suffered."

Scott Bowen, acting on behalf of Davies, said: "He has taken a very pragmatic view and accepts these incidents. He consents to rather than contests the ASBO."

Residents are so scared of Davies that many are afraid to leave their homes, they say. One neighbour said: "He picks on everybody.

"I am frightened to go out of my house and I know a lot of others are too.

"The community will be over the moon at this ASBO."

Speaking after the case Michele Chesterman, anti-social behaviour co-ordinator for Torfaen council, at the outcome.

"Because of the level of anti-social behaviour in the area and the level of harassment suffered by residents we felt that going for the ASBO was the best option."

PC Andrew Mason, a community safety officer with responsibility for ASBOs, said: "Although the conditions may appear stringent we felt they were necessary because of the problems he was causing his neighbours and the seriousness of his behaviour."