Police have released a picture of a teenage yob following a request from the Hounslow and Brentford Times.

Officers initially refused to publish the image of 17-year-old Keith Preddie, despite plans to distribute it in official leaflets, because they feared it would give the Feltham teenager “kudos”.

He was given with a three-year Asbo at Brentford Magistrates’ Court on March 9, banning him from entering the Centre in Feltham, carrying alcohol in public until he is 18, being in a group of three or more people in public and causing harassment, alarm or distress to anyone within the M25.

Hounslow police are due to print leaflets and hand them out to shops and businesses in Feltham town centre to discourage the youth from breaking the order.