Andrew Kellett, 23, from Swarcliffe in West Yorkshire, was shown abusing members of the public, refusing to pay for a taxi and taking Class A drugs in videos posted on his YouTube channel.

District Judge Christopher Darnton issued the Asbo at Leeds Magistrates Court this week. Under the conditions imposed on Mr Kellett he is barred from posting descriptions or images of his crimes on the internet for the next two years. Should he breach his Asbo he could be jailed.

In May Mr Kellett was dubbed the city's "dumbest criminal" by councillor Les Carter, chair of Safe Leeds. Councillor Cater said: "Kellett must be in the running to be Leeds' dumbest criminal."

Mr Kellett, who went by the profile name of "mrchimp2007", was quite a prolific poster to YouTube. In one of his videos he encourages viewers to drink and drive, while another video shows Kellett filling up his car at a petrol station and driving off without paying, but not before asking his companion: "Who pays for petrol nowadays anyway?"

Posters to his YouTube channel roundly critisced the young man's behaviour. "Good job you got that Asbo, I would have sent you to rehab for the things you do!" wrote one viewer.

Kellett often replies to comments from viewers on his YouTube channel. In one post he wrote: "I've already been nicked and asbo'd," adding that it doesn't matter what he admits to.

Kellett had admitted 18 of the offences, but has opposed the Asbo on the grounds that it was a breach of his human rights by restricting his right to free expression.

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