Prosecuting Sian Vaughan said Brooks was already the subject of a curfew order, having breached a previous suspended sentence for another matter.

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The court heard Tapping had twice breached the order and had received an extra four weeks' curfew as punishment.

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Since the law enabling the councils to impose curfews on ten-year-olds was enacted, no curfew order has been issued.

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