Boy, 11, confined to his own street

Aneeze Williamson is not yet a teenager but he was confirmed yesterday as one of the most heavily-restricted people in Britain, outside the country’s prisons.

After a two-month trial period, magistrates agreed that the 11-year-old tearaway, who cannot read or write and has been excluded from every school he has attended, should continue to be barred from his local town centre and every road but his own on three large housing estates.

Standing under 5ft but already a criminal veteran, with 13 convictions on top of 10 offences when he was under 10 and could not be charged, Aneeze must stay indoors between 7pm and 8am unless accompanied by a legal guardian or social worker. He has to follow a specified, escorted route to and from his home to Bradford or anywhere else outside the restrictions.
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