A town with the worst youth crime in England and Wales may slap a curfew on all youngsters - and teenagers could face being locked indoors at 9pm every night.
One in every 130 child aged 16 and 17-year-olds in the Merthyr Tydfil has been taken into custody in a year, the highest rate in England and Wales.
A leader on one of the most crime-riddled estates in the Valleys town wants a curfew to keep all under-16s kept indoors at night - before they turn to crime.
Adam Brown, who represents the notorious Gurnos estate, said getting children off the street after 9pm would help keep them 'on the straight and narrow'.
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Coun Brown said: 'I'm just sick to death of the same examples of anti-social behaviour time and time again.
'It's time a much stronger structure is put in place rather than this namby-pamby, there-there attitude this country seems to enjoy.'
He wants all under-16s at home before 9pm to set a good example - instead of roaming the streets.
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Mr Brown said: 'To me it's a case of getting them young - on the straight and narrow as early as possible, so as they go through life hopefully they won't make the mistakes they are making now.'
Mr Brown wants the local council to investigate his idea of enforcing a 9pm curfew. Exceptions to the curfew could be made if children were taking part in supervised youth projects, or work which was helping to improve their life chances.
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