Hoodie ban lifted on yobs because mum buys their clothes

A gang of yobs have had a ban on hoodies lifted because two of them still have their clothes bought for them by their mum.

Police say the four thugs are linked to more than 300 crimes, including violence, burglary, car theft, assault and shoplifting.

They were given an anti-social behaviour order for terrorising their estate and banned from wearing hooded tops.



But the hoodie part of the ban was lifted because Jonathan Webb, 22, and his brother Joshua, 18, have a wardrobe full of hooded tops which were bought recently by their mother.

Magistrates altered the Asbo to let the Webbs and two other gang members wear the tops, but only with hoods down.

Kenneth Papenfus, defending, told Plymouth magistrates: "It is not because they want to commit crime."