A BOY of 14, known as ''Blip Boy'' because of the impact he has on
local crime statistics when at liberty, has been placed in secure
accommodation.
While on the streets, the teenager from York single-handedly created a
mini crime wave which included 38 burglaries and thefts.
He also absconded from a children's home and failed to appear in court
in connection with other offences.
Now social workers -- who initially issued travel warrants to allow
the boy to visit his parents three times a week -- have confined him in
line with a youth court order.
He had been placed at a children's home in Skipton, North Yorkshire,
under a six-month supervision order for previous persistent offences,
but police complained that he was still free to come and go.
Senior officers had said that crime figures rose wherever the boy was
sent. They leapt in Skipton when he went to the home and, at the same
time, the figures in York fell dramatically.
A social services spokeswoman at North Yorkshire County Council
confirmed the boy was now at a special secure unit at Newton Aycliffe in
County Durham.
''He has been put in secure accommodation -- it's a very specific
place. The doors are locked,'' she added.
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