Nightmare neighbour Lee Gumbrill is not even allowed to set foot in his own home after he was banished from the Whitehawk estate in Brighton.

Gumbrill, 20, signed up to a 12-month exile.

The public nuisance - who was jailed for his role in last year's Whitehawk disturbances - agreed not to step inside an exclusion zone centred on his mother's flat in Swallow Court.

If he breaks the injunction he could be put back behind bars.

Gumbrill was made the subject of a strict "good behaviour" order in May for a litany of violence and abuse against his neighbours.

Yesterday, at Brighton County Court, he admitted breaching that order by fighting and abusing a resident.

The new order is the first case of its kind in Sussex.

He promised not to enter an area marked by a boundary enclosing Wilson Avenue, Warren Road, Roedean Road, Bristol Gardens, Manor Road, Maresfield Road, Manor Hill and Freshfield Road.

Judge Simon Coltart also gave Gumbrill an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for breaching the May 9 injunction.

In a statement read out to the court, Gumbrill apologised to his victims and said he wanted to make a fresh start.

The youth is well known on the estate and was one of the youths convicted of violent disorder in April 2001, following a disturbance on the Whitehawk Estate when police were confronted by a gang who threw bricks, bottles and eggs and shouted abuse and threats of violence.

After yesterday's court hearing, John Mitchell, who brought the case on behalf of the eb4U Community Safety Team, said he was pleased.

He said: "It is a balanced outcome. The victims and the community have obtained protection and respite from antisocial behaviour while Mr Gumbrill has been given an opportunity to sort himself out.

"Judging by his statement to the court, he is serious about this."

Outside court Gumbrill's mother, Geraldine, said: "I want him to sort himself out."