AN e-mail from the Newport Community Safety Partnership, seen by the Argus, outlines a number of reasons for removing the Mosquito.

It does not distinguish between young people causing anti-social behaviour and those who are not, affecting their individual rights.

It would cause nuisance to young people using roads, paths and pavements where they have a lawful right to be, affecting their human rights.

Can using the Mosquito "possibly justify such an indiscriminate and negative infringement of the human rights of such individuals"? Could the matter be dealt with by better community policing?

It could have long term detrimental effects on the hearing of passers-by, who could claim for personal injury or hearing loss.

People could have an accident trying to escape the sound by moving into the road, or lose control of their bike or open-topped car, causing an accident.

Dogs and cats could bolt into the road because of the sound, causing an accident.

"Use of the apparatus would probably constitute a pre-meditated physical assault, and could possibly have a negative effect upon a wide age-band of people, not only upon teenagers, and also upon animal life."

Animal life could be affected. Domestic pets could lose control and neighbours could complain to the council.