A teenager has been given an antisocial behaviour order at Oxford Magistrates' Court today - banning him from entering an area of the city for five years.

It is believed to be one of the longest Asbo sentences ever served in Oxfordshire.

Jordan Anderson, 19, of Southfield Park Flats, East Oxford, who is currently on remand for breaching an earlier interim Asbo, is now banned from entering Marston.

Anderson is also banned from meeting, gathering and associating in public with five individuals and threatening, using violence, intimidating, abusing or swearing at any member of the public.

Anderson was served with an interim Asbo on April, 18, 2008, with the above conditions.

However, he breached it within days and on April 28 was sentenced to a 60-day custodial sentence in a youth offenders institute.

He was later released on licence on May 22, but two days later breached the Asbo again.

On June 3, he was sentenced to 120 days for breaching his Asbo for the second time - and a further 30 days for breaching his licence conditions.

Pc Jon Shaw, Neighbourhood Specialist Officer for Marston and Northway, said: "This ASBO is the culmination of 18 months hard work by the police and CANAcT. Jordan Anderson has persecuted residents in Marston for more than two years and I believe this ASBO is long overdue.

"The fact he has already been detained in custody twice for breaching his interim ASBO shows we are determined to prosecute. This legislation does have teeth as Anderson has discovered and he will continue to do so until he changes his ways."

Naeem Chudry, CANAcT officer, said: "Jordan Anderson's behaviour highlights why ASBOs are necessary: we've tried every way possible to engage with Mr Anderson, but with no success and he was unwilling to work with the authorities.

"We believe the ASBO term - one of the longest given out in Oxford - is absolutely necessary due to Anderson's blatant disregard for authority or the distress he has caused families in Marston over a number of years.

"I would like to thank the three residents who attended court today as witnesses. Without the public support this ASBO would have been a lot harder to gain."

Councillor Sajjad Malik, City Executive Board Member for Safer Communities, added: "We welcome this outcome and hope that this sends out a strong message to perpetrators of anti-social behaviour that neither the city council nor the police will tolerate such behaviour in our communities.

"ASBOs are used as a last resort after all other avenues of engagement have failed but we will take every action that we can to protect the residents of Oxford."