Barnsley Bans Under-16s From Town At Night

Young people have been banned from Barnsley town centre at night - in a move branded "just plain wrong" by a leading civil rights group.

The 9pm-6am curfew affects children aged under 16 and was introduced on Friday night by South Yorkshire Police and Barnsley Metropolitan Council to try to curb bad behaviour.

Under-16s not with an adult will be breaching the order and removed from the town centre by police regardless of whether they have done anything wrong.

But Emma Norton, a lawyer at campaign group Liberty, said the policy may be unlawful and urged families who want to fight it on human rights and discrimination grounds to contact them.

"A blanket ban on 15-year-olds walking around on summer nights is discriminatory, counter-productive and just plain wrong," she said.

"The police should target offenders of whatever age, not show disrespect and distrust of a whole generation.

"This policy is challengeable in the courts and we urge any family affected by it to contact Liberty after Easter."

Police will also be able to use the powers to disperse groups of two or more people from anti-social behaviour blackspots and target rowdy night-time revellers or football fans.

Inspector Julie Mitchell, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "Many interventions have been put in place by the police and partners and, although some measures have had some success, nuisance behaviour still persists on an almost daily basis.

"The common theme that appears to cause the most concern is rowdy, inconsiderate and abusive behaviour.

"This behaviour is often from people in large groups and has led to members of the public and business community reporting the feeling of being harassed and intimidated.

"The order is not intended to be applied without discretion; we want to encourage residents and visitors to come into the town centre for retail and leisure."

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