A TEENAGER yesterday became one of the youngest paedophiles in the country to be banned from being alone with a child.
A seven-year restraining order was imposed on Alan Betts, 18, from County Durham, banning him from living in any accommodation with children under-17 or being in a house unsupervised with a child under 17. Cleveland Probation Service applied for one of the orders which were only introduced last month.
At Teesside Crown Court, Betts admitted two offences of indecency with a seven-year-old girl in February last year. He was given 21 months in a young offenders institution
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