A 16-year-old boy has admitted trying to incite riots by posting messages on Facebook during the violence that hit Birmingham two weeks ago.

Johnny Melfah can be named after magistrates in Worcester decided that it was in the public interest to lift reporting restrictions, which would have protected his identity.

The teenager, from Thames Avenue, Droitwich, admitted posting comments on a Facebook page entitled “Letz Start a Riot” between August 8 and 11.

He was granted conditional bail, which includes a doorstep curfew between 9pm and 7am.

Another 21-year-old man, who is accused of forming the group on Facebook and a Blackberry device did not enter a plea.

Danny Cook, from Marpool Place, Kidderminster, allegedly set up the “Letz Start a Riot” page during the disturbances between August 8 and 11.

Cook is alleged to have posted comments about starting a riot in Worcester.

In one alleged message he is accused of saying: “It’s going on from Brum to London and I want in.”

The page had attracted 40 members before police were tipped off about the page from an anonymous source.

Cook was granted conditional bail, which includes an electronically tagged curfew between 8pm and 8am.

He will reappear at Magistrates in Worcester on October 18 where he will be committed to Crown Court.

Both men are the first in the region to face prosecution for allegedly creating and posting on Facebook during the disorder.

They were both charged with intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of widespread thefts and criminal damage, contrary to sections 44 and 58 of the Serious Crime Act 2007.

The Crown Prosecution Service has warned that there will be more arrests in the West Midlands for people who tried to encourage or incite disorder during last week’s riots.

A spokesman added: “Evidence has been recovered and served and there will be more knocks at doors in relation to this.”

Two men have already been jailed for four years each for plotting riots on Facebook.

Perry Sutcliffe, aged 22, from Marston, and Jordan Blackshaw, aged 20, from Warrington, were locked up for four years at Chester Crown Court, even though their Facebook plans were stopped by police who intercepted the messages.