Former teen tearaway's asbo lifted early
A former tearaway who was handed an asbo aged just 12 has become one of the first in the East Riding to have his order lifted for good behaviour.
Dillan Billaney was one of the youngest to receive an anti-social behaviour order (asbo) in the East Riding following persistent bad behaviour.
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Dillan Billaney, 13, has had his asbo discharged for good behaviour
Fifteen months later Dillan, now 13, has had it lifted after new legislation introduced regular case reviews.
Dillan had been part of a small gang said to have caused police 'a disproportionate amount of problems' in Beverley.
Town magistrates imposed a two-year asbo in June 2008, banning Dillan from behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress or engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour.
He was banned from entering any Beverley school except as a pupil; ordered not to climb on any building other than his own home and barred from entering any town shop without a responsible adult.
He was also forbidden from being in a group of more than two in a public place where their behaviour was likely to cause alarm, harassment or distress; nor could he throw or kick anything at anyone unless playing sport.
Any breach of the asbo could have resulted in a two-year detention and training order.
But Dillan, from Thompson Avenue, Beverley, toed the line because he didn't want to lose his liberty.
He was also embarrassed because his photo and terms of the asbo had been posted around the town.
His asbo has now been lifted nine months early, after officers agreed he is a much reformed character.
Dillan's mum Nicola Lazenby said the asbo has worked and has cut out his bad behaviour.
She said: "I know he should not have got the asbo in the first place and I am not proud of him for getting it, he should not have been naughty in the first place.
"But I think he has changed. He's a better person for it."
She said Dillan realised he had to steer clear of trouble.
"He knew he had to walk away, if he didn't he could go to a detention centre if he broke the asbo."
Dillan accepts he behaved badly before being handed the asbo.
He said: "I was in with a crowd, you just ran with them."
But Dillan, who is a Longcroft School pupil, insists he has changed his ways.
"I don't want to get arrested any more," he said.
Beverley-based PC Chris Matthews views Dillan as an asbo success story.
He said: "In Beverley, where we have got kids on asbos, boundaries have been put in place and they have tended to abide by them. Dillan was a perfect example.
"He was just an absolute pain in the local community, chucking stones at windows, you name it, he was responsible somewhere along the line. He was an absolute nuisance.
"But the asbo has turned him round, he has been a success story."
In Beverley, seven juveniles and adults are subject to asbos, while the figure for asbos across the East Riding totals 42.
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by keep it up!, Driffield
Sunday, December 13 2009, 9:04PM
“I am so pleased to read this article. I taught Dillan at Swinemoor and know of the hard work, care and hours that were put in to help Dillan and his family. I also taught his younger sister and brother, and knew that with the right guidance he would turn himself around, he just needed to realise himself of the bad influences around him. I think it's easy for people not connected to the situation to say what should and shouldn't happen. Well done to everyone who has worked with Dillan, and I sincerely hope the end of this ASBO means a fresh start for him.”
by Glenroy, Hull
Sunday, October 11 2009, 6:17PM
“Nicky Lazenby, beverley ,Im sure that if you son has made progess he has not done it alone,you and others must have played a part,some kids do go off the rails and need a little help and encouragment to get back on track,I hope this is the case for Dillon and he heads on to be a respectable young man.”
by Nicky Lazenby, beverley
Sunday, October 11 2009, 3:57PM
“ALAN HANDSOME
I have worked thank you
I do think my son dillan should of got an asbo because hes been brought up knowing right and wrong and he did wrong and deserved an asbo.He has changed and as been doing really well and deserves a second chance.Keep your chin up dillan and prove them wrong.x”
by John, East Riding
Sunday, October 11 2009, 11:29AM
“My problem with ASBO's for children is the fact that they are not targeting the real ones who are at fault. When a child's behaviour is so bad as to deserve an ASBO, then not only the child should be brought to book, but the parents or parent should also be included. What we have is a total lack of responsibility for the actions of their offspring. As for Sammy of Beverley, if you want to be taken seriously with any of your comments that you post, then at least use the spell checker before you submit anything. And Jason of Beverley, if Dillan was a 'Good Lad' as you suggest, then he would not have been given an ASBO in the first place.”
by Tony, Home
Sunday, October 11 2009, 9:53AM
“Just for clarification, I think people are mis-reading Ms Lazenby. She is not suggesting Dillan was an angel, she is saying that he shouldn't have put himself in the position to get an ASBO. Basically, he shouldn't have behaved badly in the first place.
Lets view this as a rare success story, and take heart that not ALL our taxes are wasted :-)”
by Tony, Home
Sunday, October 11 2009, 9:48AM
“Sammy, the fact that he lost something he loved is probably the reason the lad reformed. One of the biggest problems with our justice system is that the consequences rarely match the crime. Well done for teaching Dillan that due to anti-social behaviour, he's now sacrificed something dear to him.
As for all of those questioning Kim Baish, as a former pupil of his I can assure you if there were more like him, there'd be a damn sight less anti social behaviour. He instilled respect and manners, something distinctly lacking in some (not all) of todays youth. If todays teachers were allowed to excercise the same qualities as he, there'd be no need for ASBO's in the first place.
Let's hope Dillan has now learnt that respect. Shame that there's fewer stories like this, and as Kim said, that he had earned himself an ASBO to start with.”
by Alan Handsome, In make up
Sunday, October 11 2009, 9:41AM
“What type of role model is his mother if she does not think that he should have had a ASBO in the first place? Head in the stand my child's an angel.....that cause untold misery for the people of Beverley. It's the ignorant people like this that are taking this country to the dogs. Stand up and be counted, accept your punishment and see the world as it really is and not through your benefit paid for rose tinted glasses! Shame on you!”
by Andy, Splitting Hairs
Sunday, October 11 2009, 4:33AM
“'ordered not to climb on any building other than his own home'
So if he fell off the roof of his own house, whose fault would it be?
'nor could he throw or kick anything at anyone unless playing sport'
Does that mean if he didn't like a tackle him could throw a punch back?”
by Charles, cott
Sunday, October 11 2009, 1:11AM
“I strongly suspect that publicising this story will only achieve a reversal of the obtained results.”
by jason, beverley
Saturday, October 10 2009, 8:03PM
“chris why attack the family if you dont know them, you are a very small minded ignorant person and if everyone was like you dillan would not have stood a chance well just lucky there is better people than you out there. you keep proving them all wrong dillan.”