'Asbro' with 70 offences wants to help kids from tough backgrounds

I was a 12-year-old ASBO terror but now I’ve gone woke: Notorious ‘Asbro’ who racked up 70 offences with his brother says he might start identifying as ‘they’ and wants to help kids from tough backgrounds

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One of the youngest kids to ever get an ASBO says he has gone ‘woke’ and wants to help a future generation of youngsters from tough backgrounds.

Danny Oakley, now 29, was nicknamed ‘Asbro’ in 2006 aged 12, along with brother Ricky, 10.

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 claims he was later was elected Equalities Officer at Walsall College, and says he now wants to meet Sir Keir Starmer.

Danny Oakley, now 29, claims he has left his criminal life behind and has become ‘woke’

Danny was nicknamed ‘Asbro’ in 2006 aged 12, along with brother Ricky, 10. The boys are pictured here badly burned after a can of foam chucked on a bonfire exploded

He claims that if he had the right chances early in life he could have been a political figure and believes that ‘silver spoon’ politicians have left the UK in a worse mess than the ASBO era.

Danny, who is out as gay, said he has considered identifying as ‘they’ due to having a trauma-related personality disorder.

He feels that his reputation as a weed smoker and tracksuit wearer means that people do not believe he is gay. He previously revealed that he turned to antisocial behaviour to hide his homosexuality.

Danny said: ‘I was the “demon child from hell” – I used to be so famous it was unreal.

‘I would love to meet Keir Starmer, he’s been upholding the law and I’ve been the one breaking it, we might learn something.

‘I’m surprisingly articulate but my criminal record holds me back.

‘I broke so many ASBOs, there’s only so many places you can be banned from.

‘People don’t believe I’m gay, I grew up with straight-acting chavvy lads doing drugs and moving drugs.

‘I wasn’t raised with someone saying “you can be a princess”.

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

Danny previously revealed that he turned to antisocial behaviour to hide his homosexuality and now claims he could identify as ‘they’

‘I reckon I could identify as “they”. I’m like a housewife and also a chavvy lad, I love Adidas.

‘Men and women come to me with their worries, I’ve got feminine emotions.

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‘If woke means “awoken”, then I am woke. I’m a big believer in equality and watch PMQs every Wednesday.

‘All the government are interested in is having parties.

‘It was bad when we were kids but today people don’t have morals, because people at the top don’t have morals.’

The feral siblings ran riot after their parents split and were pictured covered in iodine after Ricky lobbed a gas cannister on a fire.

After being kicked out of secondary school at 13, Danny said he moved to a specialist school for children like him where trips to Alton Towers were a reward – which he claims fuelled his reoffending.

But Danny claims adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were overlooked by authorities, and he was forced into homeschooling, making his life ‘isolated’.

Danny is currently unemployed and getting mental health support for the first time.

Danny said: ‘Me and my brother had 70 offences between us, we were allowed to run riot and got rewarded with mad holidays, the whole school wanted to be our mates.

‘We were effectively told we were scum by a judge, so we carried on.

‘When I found out I was on the front page of a newspaper, it was such an adrenaline rush.

‘If I’d had the right attention, I could have achieved anything. I could have been a politician. All I needed was a boost. Going to college gave me confidence.

‘Nobody was asking what was going on at home. If kids are acting up, there’s a reason.

Danny said he turned to a life a crime to hide his homosexuality

‘Everyone was saying “P*ki shop” so we repeated it – I don’t even like saying “cornershop” now as it’s a bit racist.’

But he warned child protection failures have got worse, citing the murder of one-year-old Star Hobson, in Keighley, West Yorkshire in 2020 despite repeated attempts from the tot’s grandparents to raise concerns.

Danny said: ‘It’s heartbreaking and it shouldn’t be happening, they are scared of being politically incorrect for asking questions.

‘If people use common sense that outweighs everything.

‘People turned their backs who could have helped, I’m not blaming them, it’s the training and the systems.

‘Being in foster care is one of my happiest memories, police and social services weren’t interested. Anything in the area was blamed on us.

‘Some of those 70 crimes we didn’t commit. Anytime I walked past police, they would make me take the battery out of my phone to check it wasn’t stolen.’

He counts two friends as his surrogate family, foregoing romance and partying in a bid for a drama-free life.

Danny says a 28-day stint in jail in 2014 made him realise freedom was the most important thing in life, although Ricky has been in and out of prison.

He has nothing to do with his family.

Danny said: ‘I’m more intelligent than the rest of my family and feel like I was swapped at birth.

‘People still recognise me on the street and say “You’re the ASBO kid”. I would love to be living a peaceful and calm life.

‘Everyone’s dream is two kids, nice home, nice car. I look out for my friends’ kids because of my childhood.

‘I want to start doing charity work, it still isn’t easy being LGBT in the Midlands.’

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