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Hurling racist abuse, starting fires and carrying knives, brothers Daniel and Ricky Oakley were “the demon children from hell”.

By Rod Chaytor

2/08/2010

They were running riot in 2006 and they had to be stopped. Daniel, then 12, and Ricky, who was 11, were among the youngest in the country to be slapped with an antisocial behaviour order.

The ConDems are now planning to scrap Asbos but the Oakley brothers say that the court orders changed their lives for the better – even though they chose very different paths towards becoming responsible adults.

Daniel, now 16, turned his life around almost straight away and is due to begin a pre-GCSE college course in September.

But Ricky, now 15, constantly re-offended after the hearing.

He appeared in court another 70 times and was handed a second two-year Asbo.

He was tagged and given a curfew but carried on with his hellraising….Continue Reading