A man who told a court he was "proud to be antisocial" is to be evicted from his home and given a two-year Antisocial Behaviour Order.

Steven Laden, 27, of Gafzelle Drive, Canvey, terrorised residents through abuse, assaults and threats - even breaking into one neighbour's home.

Yesterday Laden was slapped with a two-year Asbo and told he had just 28 days to leave his council-owned home.

Tracksuited Laden appeared before Southend Magistrates and brazenly declared: "I'm not contesting it, I'm proud to be antisocial."

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