Pete are you being a bit too simplistic here?
He had breached the ASBO order 28 times (and how many times had the authorities been called to him before that and did nothing, and how many times did his neighbour get subjected to his foul behaviour before they complained ? )
I think maybe in this case, with hindsight, if he had got some sensible deterrent punishment long before the breach for the 28th time, he may have curbed his behaviour and saved his neighbours a hell of a lot of problems.
