CIVIC bosses have launched a move to ban a thug, who carried out a year-long reign of terror in Fareham, from the town centre.

Terry Miller, 20, was locked up in August for randomly attacking three shoppers in West Street.

In one case he punched a teenager in the face during an unprovoked attack.

But today he will walk free after being released early for good behaviour.

Now council bosses in the town have started a legal bid keep him off Fareham streets. They, along with the support of police, want to impose the town's first Anti Social Behaviour Order (Asbo), which gives them power to ban thugs from certain areas, impose curfews and potentially put them behind bars if they fall foul.

Miller, who is released today from Reading Young Offenders' Institution, has already said he will contest the order.

Fareham council had taken their application for the Asbo to court, where Miller's barrister Nigel Hodkinson confirmed he wanted to make the challenge and asked for a pre-trial review.

The Asbo application is the first of its kind in Fareham and if successful would see Miller, who was locked up for six months, banned from parts of the town centre.

In September, the ex-Portchester Community School pupil was also given another three-month sentence to run at the same time for a separate assault.

The time Miller spent in custody before the two convictions means he is being released earlier than the three-month half way mark of his time behind bars.

Miller is already banned from West Street's McDonald's branch following an injunction barring him from the restaurant for the next two years.

The Asbo case was adjourned to October 30 at Fareham Magistrates' Court.