Two teenagers who helped a gang of youths to mug two younger boys have each received 12 months detention and training.

Lloyd White, 18, and Duval Currie, 16, were involved with a group of yobs who targeted the boys, aged 16 and 15, on Stapleton Road, Lower Easton.

Bristol Crown Court heard yesterday the boys were threatened a knife would be used before they were told to empty their pockets and hand over their mobile phones and bank cards, as well as a silver chain, sports bag and trainers.

White, of Heathcote Road, Fishponds, and Currie, of no fixed abode, both admitted two charges of robbery in May.

Following an application by the Evening Post to name Currie, Judge Julian Lambert said people had a right to know the identity of those who committed street crime and lifted a youth reporting restriction.

The judge told the pair: "You were gang members, encouraging others and ready to help if necessary in a street robbery of young men."

Mark Worsley, prosecuting, said White admitted his guilt on the basis he blocked a victim's path and Currie admitted threatening to use a knife, when no knife was used or even produced.

Mr Worsley said the two victims left Easton leisure centre and walked towards Easton Way, noticing a group of five older youths.

When they went into Texas Chicken fast food outlet the group of youths congregated outside, the court heard. The two boys left the shop, walked towards the railway bridge and found themselves surrounded and threatened. After being forced to hand over their possessions they called the police and both managed to pick out White and Currie from identity line-ups.

Mr Worsley told the court White had eight convictions for 22 offences including robbery, causing actual bodily harm and assaulting police.

He said Currie had five convictions for 14 offences including possession of an imitation firearm, possession of cannabis and assaulting police.

Lynne Matthews, defending White, said no injury was caused to either victim, no weapon was used and it was an opportunistic incident.

She told the court: "He has expressed remorse in the pre-sentence report, he was aged 17 at the time, he offended with a group of friends and there is his problem."

Ian Halliday, defending Currie, said: "He was never in possession of a knife and he did not at any stage see one."