Asbo failed to tame young thug... so he was given acupuncture therapy on the taxpayer

A teenage thug who terrorised his local community was given acupuncture sessions after an Asbo failed to stop his mini crime-wave, it emerged yesterday.

Sonny Grainger, 14, was first given an Asbo two years ago after he repeatedly pelted passers-by with sticks, stones and bottles.

But when that failed to curb his ‘unruly’ behaviour, local authorities chose to send him for the alternative therapy – at a cost to the taxpayer of £45 a session – in a bid to ‘calm him down’. He was also referred to a psychiatrist and given herbal remedies.     Full Read