A 75-year-old man has become one of the oldest people in the UK to be handed an anti-social behaviour order after assaulting and exposing himself to paramedics.

Homeless Kenneth Addison is banned from spitting, swearing and throwing missiles by the order - usually served on teenage thugs.

The pensioner is also barred from performing any "lewd or obscene act" including acts "committed with your catheter". He will have to register as a sex offender.

The order was sought by the police after an incident in Brinton Park, Kidderminster, on April 21 where Addison swore, kicked a female paramedic and exposed his genitals.

He was sentenced to five and a half months in prison for the offences, for which he pleaded guilty, and faces further jail time if he breaches his ASBO.

The ruling makes Addison one of the oldest people in the UK to be served with an ASBO, which were introduced by the Government to crack down on yobbish behaviour.

The terms of his ASBO are: not to enter Brinton Park, Kidderminster; not to spit, use verbal or physical abuse or swear or throw any items or missiles towards any person, motor vehicle or other property; not to engage in conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to others and not to encourage others to do so; not to commit any lewd or obscene act in any public place to include acts committed with a catheter; not to be drunk in a public place.

Until now, the oldest person to be given an asbo in Wyre Forest was 28-year-old William Carter, in August, 2003.

Clare Linehan, prosecuting, told Tuesday's hearing that paramedics were called to Brinton Park, near the public toilets, where Addison was "surrounded by youths" aged about 12 to 15.

He swore at crew members and said "I am going to kill you" and "I hope you get cancer", she said.

He kicked the female paramedic on the right leg, leaving a small bruise, and "started to undo his trousers".

"(The paramedic) asked him not to. He did, exposing his genitals" Ms Linehan said.

Charles Hobbs, for the defence, said Addison had been living in Brinton Park and drinking sherry when the incident happened.

He said: "He has an alcohol problem. He was certainly quite drunk at the time of these offences and, quite frankly, he wanted to be left alone."

Addison, believed to be a former gravedigger, was abusive to the paramedics because he did not want to go to hospital and exposed himself when attempting to release his catheter valve, Mr Hobbs said.

The pensioner should remain in prison to allow arrangements to be made for him to be re-housed on release, Mr Hobbs said. He has been in custody since the incident.

Mr Hobbs said: "He needs help. He has got no family, he has no friends, he has nobody to look after him. He is tired, he is old, he is sick of the whole thing."

Chairman of the bench, Sue Roberts, told Addison: "That you were drunk is no excuse. Your behaviour is so serious that a custodial sentence is appropriate to protect the public."

Addison was ordered to pay £50 compensation to the paramedic he assaulted and to register as a sex offender for seven years on release. He will be released from prison halfway through his sentence.

He had been convicted of indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and battery in January last year, Mr Hobbs said.