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Neil Shaw

One of country's youngest ever ASBO holders now wants to make the world better

One of the youngest kids to ever get an ASBO says he wants to meet Sir Keir Starmer to help a future generation of youngsters. Danny Oakley, now 29, who is gay, wants to offer hope to LGBT kids from tough backgrounds.

He and brother Rickey, 10, were nicknamed 'ASBROS' in 2006 when the pair were front page news and Danny was the youngest person to appear on the Jeremy Kyle Show. Dubbed 'Demon Hell Kids' and 'Brothers Grim' the pair faced jail for a 70-crime rap sheet including arson, burglary, shoplifting and racist language in Wolverhampton.

But Danny was later elected Equalities Officer at college, now wants to meet Sir Keir - and says if he had the right chances early in life he could have been a politician. He believes "silver spoon" politicians have left the UK in a worse mess than the ASBO era.

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