Teenage tearaway Daniel Bowler has been named as a blight on his community for his catalogue of crimes.

The prolific car villain has been ordered to stop his menacing behaviour, which has blighted the lives of those nearby.

Aged just 15, Bowler has committed 14 offences, including stealing cars, driving while disqualified and driving without care and is suspected of being involved in dozens more.

On just one day in December he committed five offences, all while on bail, and he has six impending prosecutions.

Bowler was named and shamed at Brighton Magistrates Court yesterday under new powers that allow the identity of some juvenile offenders to be made public.

Bowler was made the subject of a short-term Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO) that places him under a night-time curfew, bans him from associating with accomplices, being in a car unless accompanied by relatives or professionals and from causing harassment, alarm or distress.

Bowler, of Lynchet Close, Hollingdean, Brighton, sat in the court with his mother as PC Lorna Dennison read out his list of crimes.

She said: "I would describe him as a prolific car criminal who has complete disregard for authority and other people's property.

"I believe without an ASBO he and his associates are going to continue to commit frequent car crime in Brighton and Hove."

Bowler and two other young villains "are a core group of young offenders who are blighting the lives of those who have had property stolen or damaged and they affect the general sense of safety and security of the public."

Michael Harris, chairman of the magistrates, said the ASBO was needed "to protect the local community from further anti-social acts" and he warned Bowler to adhere to the terms: "If you don't, you will likely go to prison."

Mr Harris ordered the ASBO to run until June 5 when Sussex Police may apply for an extension.

Bowler's solicitor Rory McColl contested the order.

He said the last supervision order made on his client by the courts was working and the number of crimes Bowler was committing was decreasing.

He said Bowler was due to receive psychiatric treatment and the ASBO was premature.

Bowler's mother June Boulaish afterwards said she had been lobbying MPs and had been raising money to get help for her son.

She said: "I don't want people to think his mother doesn't care about him or what he does."