People and property were the targets of the thugs and a catalogue of evidence was presented to the court.
In two separate sittings, Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court heard how the community of Beech Hill had been gripped by fear of young thugs.
One witness, a former Beech Hill resident who cannot be named for fear of reprisals, claimed children were allowed to "roam around like a pack of dogs".

Amanda Browitt, 14, her brother Connor Browitt, 15, Callum Doran, 15, Connah Doran, 12, Katy Sharrock, 16, Michael Lee, 14, Lewis Tracey, 12, and Joshua Tracey, 15, have all been issued with two-year orders prohibiting them from using threatening, abusive, or insulting words in public, or behaving in a manner that is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person not of the their household across Wigan.

They must also avoid contact with other members of the gang as named by the court.
In addition, they must not congregate in any group of more than three individuals within certain parts of Beech Hill while behaving in a manner causing, or likely to cause, any other person to fear for their safety or property, or the property of another.

Also subject to a two-year order is 14-year-old Liam Brogan, who was also prohibited from engaging in conduct likely to place any persons in fear for their safety or property, or the safety and property of another person within the borough of Wigan.

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