A teenager has been banned from contacting the emergency services after plaguing police with nuisance calls.

Bradford magistrates imposed an interim anti-social behaviour order on Yaseen Hanif, 19, after they were told he had persistently contacted police in Eccleshill, Wakefield and Manchester.

The ban prevents him from going into any police station in England or Wales without reasonable cause.

The court was told yesterday that Hanif had breached a similar order before it expired in August, by continuing to repeatedly call the police.

The new interim order was imposed on Hanif until February 7, to cover the expected busy Christmas period, after which a full hearing will take place before magistrates.

The court was told Hanif of Oakroyd Villas, Manningham, Bradford, had contacted Lawcroft House Police Station, in Lilycroft Road, Manningham, 15 times on the evening of June 23.

Bradford Council's solicitor Harjit Ryatt said: "What the police view is that Mr Hanif has set up a repeat call, where his call was automatically repeated every few minutes."

Mr Ryatt presented to magistrates a catalogue of ten incidents of Hanif calling the police since May - with many containing more than one or several calls.

In one, Hanif was alleged to have been shouting abuse at members of the public until someone responded.

Mr Ryatt said: "Mr Hanif runs inside the house and makes a phone call to the police saying he is being threatened."

Solicitor Malik Siddique, for Hanif, opposed the order.

He said the list of incidents had not been proved in a court and an interim anti-social behaviour order would restrict Hanif's rights to call the police in a genuine emergency.

Mr Siddique asked: "How will the police be able to ascertain what is a hoax call and what is not?"

The conditions of the order state that Hanif is unable to use foul, abusive, insulting and threatening language either directly or indirectly through the use of a telephone.

He is also unable to seek the services of any emergency services provider without reasonable cause and is banned from entering any police station in England and Wales without reasonable cause.

After the hearing PC Catherine Vincent, anti-social behaviour order co-ordinator for Bradford North, said those manning the help desk at Lawcroft House were frustrated with Hanif's calls.

She said: "One lady in particular that I spoke to said she gets concerned that a genuine call can't get through.

"If he rings the police and asks for police assistance we will visit him.

"The thing is he is affecting the public, because they are not getting the police service they deserve.

"He has dialled the three nines and got through to force control in Wakefield, but he has also dialled the non-emergency number and asked to be put through to other police stations."

John Crosland, the Council's anti-social behaviour officer, also welcomed the order.

He said: "It was a referral we received from the police.

"I'm glad because it is the impact it causes the police service which has a knock-on effect with the public."