A man who harassed and attacked Witney residents and terrorised supermarket staff is the third person to receive an antisocial behaviour order in west Oxfordshire.

Stephen Sykes, 23, has followed in the footsteps of his cousin Anthony Gibbs -- who received the first ban in west Oxfordshire in July -- to be barred from drinking or purchasing alcohol in Witney town centre.

He was ordered not to enter any pubs or licensed premises in the town, and to stay away from Somerfield's supermarket in High Street, where he caused misery for staff.

Under the two-year civil order, made by Witney magistrates, he was also banned from being drunk and disorderly in any public place in west Oxfordshire, and from using threatening, abusive or intimidating behaviour towards anyone in the district.

Sykes also faced a string of minor criminal charges, mostly driving-related, for which he was sentenced to a 200-hour community punishment order.

Nick Gilbert, of the West Oxfordshire Community Safety Partnership, which involves police and West Oxfordshire District Council, described Sykes as a "complete nuisance".

No-one at Somerfield was prepared to comment, but Mr Gilbert said staff were very happy that Sykes had been banned because he had caused so much trouble.

Sykes, who lives in Brunswick Street, Swindon, but spent much of his time in Witney, was among a group of people known to police for repeated antisocial behaviour.

If he breaks the conditions of the Asbo, he will be arrested and put before magistrates, and could be sent to prison.

Two months ago, Gibbs, 24, of no fixed address, who was also a member of the same group, was given a similar two-year order by magistrates.

Police and the district council collated evidence against both Sykes and Gibbs to present to the court and said they hoped to deter others who had been behaving antisocially in Witney.

Following the court case, Ian Hudspeth, the council's executive member for community safety, said: "This action shows that the authorities are committed to making communities safer for west Oxfordshire's law-abiding citizens."