A SIXTEEN-year-old boy from the Brampton area subjected a young woman to four months of harassment, which included repeatedly spitting at her car and yelling abuse and threats.

Magistrates in Carlisle ruled that the teenager - who has breached a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) seven times - can not be named.

The 16-year-old admitted harassing his victim - 20-year-old police officer’s daughter - for more than three months, between December, 2018, to March 18, 2019.

Andy Travers, prosecuting, said the victim knew the youth was but had never socialised with him. On December 23 last year, as she drove along Gelt Road in Brampton, he inexplicably spat at her car. “She said nothing to the defendant,” said Mr Travers.

On Saturday, March 16, as she drove into Brampton after leaving the A69 roundabout she encountered the defendant again, standing on a path next to the main road.

“He stepped into the road, causing her to swerve to avoid him, and at this point, he spat at her vehicle. It landed on the windscreen.” She drove past without reacting and later had to clean away the phlegm.

Her final encounter with the teenager came two days later at 11pm as she sat in her vehicle in the car park next to Brampton Community Centre. Mr Travers said: “She was alone, saw the defendant, and saw the defendant walk past, so put her head down because she didn’t want him to see her.”

For 10 minutes, as she sat there, the youth yelled abuse and threats to smash her windows, telling her: “I know where you live... I know your dad’s in the police.” Again, she did not respond.

In a statement, she said she had been left feeling scared.

The court heard that the teenager’s criminal record includes two serious assaults and a previous harassment. Mr Travers described his behaviour as a “loutish.”

The News & Star said the youth’s CBO is pointless if locals do not know to whom it applies. But defence lawyer Anthony Wilson said the boy should not be named because of his age and vulnerability. Magistrates agreed.

They imposed a 12-month rehabilitation order, with 10 activity days and a two month 7pm to 7am curfew. They approved a three-year restraining order preventing contact with her, with £350 costs, and a £20 surcharge.