A teenager could today be ordered to behave or face jail as Bradford Council uses new powers to take him to court.

The Council believes it is the first in Britain to ask magistrates to make an Anti-social Behaviour Order against a resident in a private property.

The orders were brought in by Home Secretary Jack Straw and only a handful of Councils have so far used them.

Amarpreet Singh Randhawa, 18, of Sycamore Close, Barkerend, Bradford, was given a conditional discharge for two years and ordered to pay £200 costs when he appeared before magistrates last June after he admitted failing to comply with a noise-abatement order.

And today he was found guilty of the Noise Abatement offence. Bradford magistrates heard the noise nuisance had been going on since 1997.

A Bradford Council spokesman said it was also using new powers from the Home Secretary to apply for an Anti-social Behaviour Order against Randhawa from the magistrates.

Homes and Environment member of the Council's Executive Committee Councillor Jim O'Neill said: "I believe we are the first council in the country to take action against a person in a private property.

"But now the genie is out of the bottle and we will not hesitate to use this weapon if other measures fail."

At Randhawa's last court appearance, a former neighbour claimed his hip hop music was so loud her house vibrated, floorboards shook and pictures fell off walls. After the case he said he would turn the music down but if people "gave him attitude" he would turn it up .

Breaking an order - which lasts two years - could lead to six months in prison and a fine of up to £5,000.

Two weeks ago, Kirklees Council was granted the first Anti-social Behaviour Order in Yorkshire, against a man who was alleged to have abused neighbours.

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