A teenager with a history of drugs, thefts and violence has been banned from terrorising people on an Oxford estate.

Byron Haines, aged 17, of Blackbird Leys in Oxford, has 17 previous convictions in three years.

The teenager has also been arrested 12 times in the past 18 months on suspicion of gunpoint robbery, possession of crack cocaine and for two knife attacks, magistrates were told.

Yesterday, Haines, of Field Avenue, was given an antisocial behaviour order at Oxford Magistrates' Court, banning him from intimidating residents in Blackbird Leys for the next two years.

He is also banned from carrying a knife, being with two known teen associates, riding in stolen cars and his movement on the estate has been restricted.

A 45-year-old woman who said she has had 'run-ins' with the teenager outside the shops on Blackbird Leys Road welcomed the Asbo.

She added: "He is a menace who has been terrorising this estate for too long.

"It will be nicer now at the top shops without him hanging around.

"He's one of the worst around. He's horrible."

Mother-of-three Emma Scott, 23, said she has been threatened by Haines on a number of occasions.

She added: "He is a bad person.

"I've had quite a bit of trouble with him.

"He starts on you for the fun of it.

"He's one of those teenagers with a bit of attitude who wants to cause trouble.

"Sometimes I'm afraid of what he could do.

"This will be good for the estate - it will definitely be better for everybody."

The Asbo was brought to court by Oxford City Council's Crime and Nuisance Action Team.

Previously the court had banned the Oxford Mail from printing Haines' name and photo but magistrate Diana Bellinger overturned the ban yesterday citing the public interest.

Steve Kilsby, neighbourhood services manager at the city council, said: "His behaviour has caused a menace to the community.

"He has been a thorn in the side of the people of Blackbird Leys for a long time."

Pc Alex Shepherd, Blackbird Leys neighbourhood officer, said: "I hope residents in Blackbird Leys can now feel safer to walk the streets as Byron can no longer threaten or intimidate them."

Elsewhere on Blackbird Leys residents were breathing a sigh of relief that Haines has been handed an Asbo.

A 19-year-old neighbour in Field Avenue said: "A lot of people are intimidated by him.

"For many people it will be a lot easier to live here."

A 33-year-old neighbour from Starwort Path said: "He'll just find somewhere else to cause trouble.

"He hangs around in a big group so they will find another place to go."

The Asbo bans Haines from being in the centre of Blackbird Leys apart from travelling to his house or going to the Oxford and Cherwell Valley College campus on the estate.