I was the ‘demon child from hell’ – one of the youngest kids EVER to get an ASBO… now I’m unrecognisable
ONE of the youngest kids to ever get an ASBO has told how he has changed his life for the better.
Danny Oakley, now 29, was nicknamed ‘ASBROS’ 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 the “Brothers Grim” the pair faced jail for a 70-crime rap sheet including arson, burglary, shoplifting and racist language in Wolverhampton.
Danny explained: “I was the ‘demon child from hell’ – I used to be so famous it was unreal.
“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.”
But now Danny is out as gay and says he wants to offer hope to LGBT kids from tough backgrounds.
He explained: “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’.
“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.
“I want to start doing charity work, it still isn’t easy being LGBT in the Midlands.”
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 moved to ‘naughty school’ where trips to Alton Towers were a reward – which fueled his reoffending.
But Danny said adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were overlooked by authorities, and he was forced into homeschooling, making his life “isolated”.
Working full-time gave him a chance to live a normal life, although 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 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.”
It comes after The Sun revealed that more than 75,000 kids have been arrested for crimes including murder, rape and possessing child abuse images.
Among our shocking findings are two 10-year-old rapists from Kent and Lancs and a girl, 12, arrested for murder in Cambs.
In Surrey, two 10 to 15-year-olds were cuffed for kidnap, five for possessing child abuse images, two busted with loaded guns and 61 stole vehicles.
One of the most appalling cases uncovered by The Sun is a 12-year-old serial sex offender from Kent.
The child – arrested twice for assault and once for robbery – raped a boy younger than 13 before engaging in sexual activity on three other occasions with different kids.