A 19-YEAR-OLD has been jailed for three months after slipping back to see his girlfriend and breaking an order banning him from parts of Kiddermin-ster.

Keith Dockerty was spotted in Doverdale Avenue two weeks after being given an anti-social behaviour order banning him from areas of Comberton and Offmore.

He was also found guilty of breaching an interim order and chairman of the magistrates David Adam told him the only possible punishment was custody.

"You cared nothing for the fear and upset of which you were a ringleader for a substantial period of time," he told Dockerty. "You were told the penalty for breaching this order."

Clare Lineham, prosecuting, told the court Dockerty was given the interim order on January 24 and was seen in Doverdale Avenue on February 5. On March 12 he was spotted again in Doverdale Avenue, this time by Rosemary Bishop, who was the main witness when he was given the full ASBO on February 26.

Mrs Bishop told the court she had seen him with a girl as she walked home from working in a shop. She said when he saw her, he pulled up the hood of his fleece so only his eyes were showing. Dockerty was arrested two days later. Mrs Bishop then picked him out in a video identity parade.

Dockerty, of Leswell Street, Kidderminster, said he was living in a bail hostel in Oldbury at the time and one of the conditions imposed on him was that he could not visit his girlfriend. He said that on March 12, he had either been in a pub with his friends in Blakedown or travelling on a train but there was "no way" he could have been in Doverdale Avenue. Mrs Bishop was mistaken, he said.

"Everyone on the estate knows my face because it was in the paper," he said.

Fergus Maxwell, defending, said it was 8.15pm when Mrs Bishop made the identification.

It was dark and she had only seen him for a few seconds from a distance of about 30ft.

But Mr Adam said he was sure Mrs Bishop had a clear view and had correctly identified Dockerty.

Ms Linehan told the court the order had been imposed in the first place because Dockerty was identified as a ringleader of a 30-strong group of youths causing trouble on the estates. She said people had been too frightened to leave their homes because of intimidation and verbal abuse and finally held a public meeting to get the ASBO imposed.

Ms Linehan said magistrates had earlier imposed a conditional discharge for the interim breach. But they were not allowed to make that decision so the case had been brought back to court.