Sent Down
This is a record of all the rioters convicted since the Southport killings (will complete this gradually)
Note: all details are from press reports and as accurate as I can currently make them. The purpose is to get a handle on the details so the various narratives around the riots can be objectively examined.
[SOUTHPORT, 30th July] Gareth Metcalfe, violent disorder,
3 years and 4 months
-Pointed and shouted at police as the crowd chanted “who the f*ck is Allah?” at the mosque
-Had a history of anti-Muslim remarks to police and others
-From Southport
Derek Drummond, violent disorder, 3 years
-Punched a police officer
-From Liverpool (45 minutes away)
John Paul O'Malley, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Shouted and gesticulated in the crowd
-Pled guilty on the basis he was not doing anything violent or destructive
-The judge however deemed he had been 'at the front and participating enthusiastically'
Phillip Prescott, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw bricks at police
-From Southport
David Hill, violent disorder, two years
-Kicked the wing mirror off a police van
-From Bootle (40 mins away)
David Engleby, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Threw missiles at police
-From Southport
Paul Dryhurst, violent disorder, 2 years
-Threw missiles at police
-From Litherland (30 minutes away)
Luke Summerfield, violent disorder, 2 years 4 months
-Threw missiles at police
-From Manchester (1 hour away)
Luke Moran, violent disorder, 3 years
-Beat a police van with a lump of concrete and tried to rip off the wing mirror
-From Birkdale (5 minutes away)
Nicholas Sinclair, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw bricks
-From Birkdale (5 minutes away)
Daniel Carrigan, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-High on cocaine, threw missiles at police van
-From Liverpool (45 minutes away)
Jake Lowther, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Threw concrete
-From Banks (15 minutes away)
Jordan Davies, possession of a knife, 2 years and 4 months
-Near the Southport attack vigil, was carrying a knife and wearing a balaclava
-Was serving a suspended sentence for 'racially aggravated' public order offences and had 15 prior convictions
-Claimed he was neither “left nor right'“
-From Southport
Tommy Callaghan, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Threw a brick and another missile at police
-Raised his arm and fist and "chanted and gesticulated in rhythm" at police
-'Surged forward' at the police line
-Judge deemed he had no racial or religious prejudice
-From Wigan (1 hour away)
Rory Allington-Mott, violent disorder, 3 years and 3 months
-Threw bricks, a wheelie bin, a plastic box, and a picture frame at police
-Had a conviction for racially aggravated criminal damage
-From Newport (4 hours away)
Connah Ashley Piggott, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw several bricks at the police
-From Chester (1 hour away)
Joshua Cropper, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Smashed the window of a police van with officers inside
-Used a concrete slab to hit the bonnet
-Was topless with a makeshift mask on
-From Southport
Jake Joseph, violent disorder, 2 years and 10 months
-Threw bricks at police
-Climbed onto a police vehicle roof and tore the blue lights off
-Threw a concrete slab at a police van
-Set fire to a wheelie bin
-Covered his face
-Denied racial or political motive
Nicholas Mooney, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Threw bricks at police
-Ripped a windscreen wiper from a police van
-From Downholland (20 minutes away)
Kevin Underwood, violent disorder, 2 years
-Has mental health problems
-Was part of a group shouting 'racist and anti-Muslim' abuse
-Filmed the unrest and did nothing violent except throwing a bin bag
-From Southport
Martin Taylor, violent disorder and drugs possession, 2 years and 4 months
-Was prominent within a group throwing missiles at police
-Threw some himself
-Hid his face
-Had cannabis
-From Southport
Ellie Clarke, violent disorder, assaulting police and racially aggravated public disorder, rehab and community service order
-Shouted abuse at police and 'racist chants' at the mosque
-Hit a police officer's riot shield
-Was spared jail for 'exceptional circumstances' because she had significant personal issues
-From Southport
Christopher Carney, violent disorder, 2 years and 5 months
-From Southport
[WHITEHALL, 31st July] Russ Cooke, ‘racially aggravated’ offences, 8 months
-Drunkenly told police they would be “put to the sword when the Muslims... start yelling Allahu Akbar”
-Called officers “brainwashed” and “filthy traitors”
-Pushed a metal barrier towards them
-From London
Charles Smith, affray, 23 weeks
-Squared up to police and chanted "scum" at them
-Took part in an 'Islamophobic chant’
-From London
Stevie Mulryne, violent disorder, 1 year and 4 months
-Took part in the “who the f*ck is Allah?” chant
-Did a 'stabbing gesture' at police
-Participated in 'monkey like behaviour' towards officers
-From Basildon (1 hour away)
Ozzie Cush, violent disorder, 10 months
-Walked into the path of a police officer and 'kicked out' at him
-From Reading (1 hour away)
Kelly Wildego, assaulting police officers, 4 months (sus)
-Shouted swearwords at the police and 'rushed at them'
-From London
David Notley, violent disorder and causing 'religiously aggravated distress'
1 year and 8 months
-Chanted "'you're not English any more" and derogatory remarks about Islam
-Got to the front of the crowd, squared up to police and shoved another protester into an officer
-From Buckhurst Hill (45 mins away)
Alfie Arrowsmith, violent disorder, 16 months
-'Confronted' police and shouted "come on then" and "let's have it"
- From Crayford (45 minutes away)
Bradley Halton, violent disorder and ‘religiously aggravated harassment’
16 months (and £400 fine)
-Chanted ‘offensive language’ and shouted racist remarks at police
-From London
George Coldicott, was at Whitehall *and* Bristol, violent disorder,
1 year and 10 months for Whitehall, 2 years and 10 months for Bristol (served concurrently -so 2 years and 10 months)
-Threw a metal fence panel at police in Whitehall
-Threw an object at police in Bristol
-From Leominster (3.5 hours away from Whitehall, 1 hour 45 minutes away from Bristol)
Jordan Rawlings, racially aggravated harassment, 6 months
-Made gestures and shouted at police
-Chanted "you're not English anymore" and "who the f*ck is Allah"
-Made 'other insults', including calling the police 'scum'
-Was dearrested after the incident, then arrested a week later when trying to get to London
-No previous convictions
-From Durham (5 hours away)
[MANCHESTER, 31st July and 1st Aug] Joseph Ley, violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon, 3 years and 2 months
-Punched and kicked black man in the face
-Had previously said "you got a problem with us English, bro?"
-Had an extendable baton in his house
-From Manchester
Paul Smith, violent disorder, 2 years and 10 months
-Threw bricks at police
-From Manchester
Oliver Chapman, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Kicked a shop window
-From Manchester
Thomas Ward, violent disorder and indecent exposure, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw a plank of wood at police officers
-Waved his penis at the police line, which included female officers
-From Manchester
Graham Brookes, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Threw a pint of cider at police and 'kicked out' at them
Lynden Parker, violent disorder, 2 years and two months
-Threw a vape at an asylum seeker hotel
-This 'encouraged and spurred on others'
-Was seen celebrating in a pub afterwards
-His phone was seized and analysed (terrorism powers?)
-Phone had racist messages including "horrible P*kis, we need to go to war with this c*nts and get them all out" and talk about "petrol b*mbing a mosque"
-Judge said he was motivated by 'deeply unpleasant, ignorant and possibly extremist racist views'
-No fixed abode
Dane Freeman, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Smashed house-bricks into missiles and threw them at police
-Wore a mask
-From Manchester
Michelle Jibson, violent disorder, 1 month
-Was shoved by a police officer by the Holiday Inn and shoved him back
-From Manchester
Tracy Pearson, violent disorder, 1 month
-"Expressed some trenchant, distasteful views, very loudly"
-Judge admitted she hadn't been violent but her "intolerance" had "shamed" everyone involved
-The girlfriend of Jibson
-From Manchester
Unnamed 13 year old, violent disorder, 1 month referral order and £150 fine
-Was part of the group causing trouble at the Holiday Inn
-A bus driver was injured, but not directly by the offender (fine paid to him)
-Wore a balaclava
-Denied a racial motive
Nevey Smith, violent disorder, community order
-Took her toddler in a pram to the unrest at the Holiday Inn
-Didn't commit violence or encourage anybody
-From Manchester
Jack Cregan, 2 years and 6 months
-Attacked a bus and its driver
-Threw a brick into the driver's window and hit them on the shoulder
-Wore a face covering and squared up to the police
-Claimed he was committing crime in Derbyshire
-Had been drinking
-From Manchester
Colin Brown, violent disorder and robbery, 2 years and 4 months
-Breached the metal barriers of a police cordon
-Shouted at other protesters (counter protesters?)
-Stole a scarf from someone
-Was part of a group that assaulted a man
-From Manchester
[HARTLEPOOL, 31st July] Aaron Bradshaw, violent disorder, two years and 8 months
-'Challenged and goaded' police officers
-Attempted to hit a police officer with a wooden plank and had his arm broken by a police riot shield
-From Hartlepool
Ben Judge, violent disorder, 3 years
-'Challenged and goaded' police officers
-Threw bricks and eggs at police
-From Hartlepool
Steven Mailen, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Tried to push through a police cordon and encouraged others to use violence against police
-From Hartlepool
Ryan Sheers, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Same as Mailen (Mailen’s partner)
-Bitten by police dog in the process
-From Hartlepool
Kieron Gatenby, violent disorder, 1 year and 4 months (YO)
-Part of a group throwing missiles at police, smashing windows and shouting racial slurs (which he denied doing)
-From Hartlepool
Bobby Shirbon, violent disorder and criminal damage, 1 year and 8 months
-Threw a beer bottle at a police vehicle
-From Hartlepool
Carl Holliday, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Drunkenly threw sheets of metal at police and verbally abused them
-The judge concluded he had no racist or extremist views
-From Hartlepool
Donna Conniff, violent disorder, 2 years (out on licence after 1)
-Threw a brick at the police
-Gave a brick to a child and encouraged him to do the same
-From Hartlepool
Declan Dixon, violent disorder and drugs possession, 1 year and 6 months
-Threw a missile at police
-Had cocaine in his home
-From Wigan (3 hours away)
Lennox Crockett, violent disorder, drug possession and failing to surrender to custody, 1 year and 6 months (YO)
-Has learning difficulties
-Threw multiple rocks at police
-Encouraged others, children included, to push at police
-Argued with police
-Had previously been arrested at a suspected burglary, where he was found with various drugs
-Failed to turn up to the magistrates when told to
-From Middlesbrough (25 minutes away)
Tamsyn Cerr, violent disorder, 1 year
-Threw a stone at police
-Gave a man a stone to throw
-Mother of a very young child and has a disability
-From Hartlepool
[ALDERSHOT 31st July] Perrie Fisher, violent disorder, 2 years and 5 months
-Threw a bicycle and a scooter which had been taken from a shed of the migrant hotel (Potters International Hotel)
-Case was framed on him being part of a riot that was deemed to have a racist motivation
-Skipped his previous court date to go on holiday, breaking the terms of his bail
-From Farnham (15 mins away)
Cameron Bowling, violent disorder, 2 years
-Banged on the asylum seeker hotel window
-Swore at and threatened the people inside
-Opened a gate and let other protesters into the hotel carpark
-Judge deemed his actions were racist
-Told police he would like to murder immigrants and smash up mosques
-When police asked why he banged on the window he said "I'm letting them know they're not f*cking welcome"
-From Farnborough (10 minutes away)
Unnamed 13 year old, 1 year referral order and £111 fine
-Punched and kicked a glass door at the asylum seeker hotel
Steven Tiquin, Aldershot, assault on police, affray and racially aggravated disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-At the migrant hotel, sprayed officers with a fire extinguisher, catching one in the mouth
-Threw a bike at the police
-Pulled a police inspector's tie and challenged them to a fight
-When arrested, hit an officer and tried to bite them
-Shouted "they [asylum seekers] shouldn't be here" and "they're going to rape our children"
-From Aldershot
Joe Howell, violent disorder and assault on police, 1 year and 10 months (YO)
-Threw bikes at the asylum seeker hotel and banged on doors
-From Aldershot
Alby Brannan, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Threw fireworks at the hotel
-From Aldershot
[SUNDERLAND 2nd Aug] Leanne Hodgson, violent disorder and racial abuse,
2 years and 6 months
-Tried to push bins towards police
-'Ran into' one police officer
-Called another a "f*cking black c*nt"
-From Sunderland
Riley Adey, violent disorder, 2 years (YO)
-Drunkenly stood on an upturned burning car and handed out weapons
-Threw missiles at police
-From Sunderland
Reece Greenwood, violent disorder, 2 years, 6 months
-Live-streamed himself encouraging disorder and verbally abusing police
-Filmed a mob vandalising a police vehicle
-Shouted racist and ‘Islamophobic’ slurs
-From Sunderland
Josh Kellet, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Threw a stone at the police while wearing a balaclava
-From Sunderland
Andrew Smith, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Threw a can of beer at the police
-Was brought down by a police dog
-From Sunderland
Bradley Makin, violent disorder and possession of drugs, 2 years
-Filmed himself cheering on attacks and posted it on Instagram
-As he did this missiles were thrown at an office block and police, and 'slogans associated with the EDL' were yelled - he was deemed to be encouraging this
-Had cocaine and heroin in his house
-From Sunderland
Dean Groenewald, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Threw bricks
-Was on licence for previous offences
-From Sunderland
Paul Williams, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Threatened and pushed police officers
-Took his shirt off and said “put your shields down and let’s go, let’s f*cking go”
-From Sunderland
Philip Crawthorne, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Army veteran that was high on drugs and alcohol
-Threw two items at the police
-Ran at the police line shouting and swearing
-From Sunderland
David Hann, causing racially aggravated fear of violence, 8 months
-Seen at several locations, gesticulating towards officers and shouting 'racial abuse'
-Shouted "d*rty Muslims" at the mosque
-Was an ex member of the defunct EDL and had suffered depression
-Judge deemed him to have racist and Islamophobic views
-From Sunderland
Jack Fowler, violent disorder, 2 years
-Drunkenly confronted police while holding an England flag
-Said "this is going to be all summer, everywhere"
-Had a mask on
-From Newcastle (30 minutes away)
Kieran Usher, riot (not violent disorder), 4 years and 4 months
-Threw missiles at police and encouraged others to walk towards police lines
-Wore a mask and a Union flag
-Has learning difficulties
-From Sunderland
Liam Doeg, rioting and burglary, 3 years and 8 months
-Part of groups that were throwing bricks at police, and sprayed police with a fire extinguisher
-Pushed a wheelie bin at police and threw a parasol
-Helped push a picnic bench towards police
-Entered a looted vape shop and stole items
-Was drunk and had been an alcoholic
-From Sunderland
Ian Kirtley, violent disorder, 1 year and 9 months
-Part of a group that tried to 'attack' a mosque but were stopped by a police line
-Intervened in an arrest by a mounted officer and set the suspect free
-Filmed people throwing beer kegs at police and pointed out a bin that could be thrown
-From Sunderland
Brian Gilby, 3 years and 4 months
-Part of a group attacking a police office with metal poles
-'Wielded' a fire extinguisher
-Passed out makeshift weapons to others
-Entered the looted vape shop and stole many items
-From Sunderland
[NOTTINGHAM, 3rd Aug] Paul Dixon, threatening words or behaviour and possession of drugs, 4 months
-Threw a punch (the first punch) at an Asian man
-Had cannabis
Tony Campion, threatening words or behaviour, 4 months
-Involved in the same incident as Dixon
David Witney, threatening words or behaviour, 3 months (sus)
-Involved in the same incident as Dixon and Campion
Stephen Wilson, assault on police and drug possession, 4 months
-Punched a police officer hard in the face, leaving significant injuries
-Had cannabis in his cell once arrested
-No fixed abode
Victoria Gray, threatening behaviour, assaulting a police officer, possession of offensive weapon, 6 months (sus) and £431 in fines
-Assaulted a police officer
-Had pepper spray
-Allegedly shouted racist and homophobic comments once arrested
-Spat at a police officer once arrested
-From West Hallam (30 mins away)
Anthony Chadwick, threatening behaviour, £365 fine
-Was hit in the head by a water bottle thrown at a protest he was not attending
-Took off his shirt and confronted someone saying "I'm going to knock you out"
[LEEDS 3rd Aug] Phil Hoban, racially aggravated harassment, 8 months
-'Rubbed his lips towards a person of colour'
-Mocked the Muslim style of prayer and chanted ‘who the f*ck is Allah?”
-From Leeds
Sameer Ali, assault, 1 year and 8 months
-Kicked and punched four men who had supposedly given his group racial and religious abuse
-From Leeds
Adnan Ghafoor, Leeds, assault, 1 year and 8 months
-With Sameer Ali, aimed punches at one of the men who was being restrained by others
-Also has to serve an extra year for breaching a previous suspended sentence
-From Leeds
Jordan Plain, racially aggravated harassment, 8 months
-Made monkey noises and other racist gestures towards a black woman
-From Leeds
James Gettings, religiously aggravated harassment, 8 months
-Mocked the Muslim style of prayer
-From Leeds
Nadim Hussain, affray, 1 year and 2 months
-In a 'counter protest' he was involved in a fight with 'EDL supporters'
-He claimed they'd been racist to his group
-From Leeds
Anthony Levitt, Leeds, drunk and disorderly, £197 fine
[LIVERPOOL 3rd Aug] William Nelson Morgan, violent disorder, possession of an offensive weapon, 2 years and 8 months
-Had a truncheon
-From Liverpool
Declan Geiran, violent disorder, 2 years and 5 months
-Set fire to (the seatbelt of) a police vehicle
-From Liverpool
Liam James Riley, violent disorder and racially aggravated abuse, 1 year and 6 months
-Drunkenly called a police officer a “traitor and a Muslim-lover”
-Made “negative comments about immigrants and Muslims” and said they were to blame for the Southport attack
-From Liverpool
Ellis Wharton, burglary and assaulting police officer, 1 year and 8 months
-Entered burned out library to try and steal a computer monitor
-Fought with a police officer, sustaining a black eye
-From Liverpool
Adam Wharton, burglary, 11 months
-Acted as lookout for Adam
-Had a balaclava
-16 previous convictions for robbery and assault
-From Liverpool
Daniel Wilson, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-From Liverpool
[BLACKPOOL 3rd Aug] Roger Haywood, violent disorder and assaulting police, 2 years and 4 months
-Drunkenly 'led' a mob to go about the town
-'Instigated' the mob to be aggressive to police and to breach their lines
-Verbally abused police and assaulted officers while being arrested
-Tried to lift up the shutters to a shopping centre and helped assault a security guard
-From Blackpool
Daniel Stewart, violent disorder and assault, 2 years and 3 months
-Swore and shouted at police and police horses
-Threw a can at them
-Assaulted a security guard in the shopping centre
-His face was covered
-From Blackpool
Andrew Hook, violent disorder and assault, 2 years and 3 months
-Punched and kicked a security guard in the shopping centre
-From Blackpool
Shane Taaffe Rhodes, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Involved in disorder on the promenade
-Joined an attack on JD Sports in the shopping centre
-Tried to hide his face
-From Blackpool
[STOKE ON TRENT, 3rd Aug] Ciaran Lockett, violent disorder,
2 years and 8 months
-Threw missiles at a mosque and police
-Shouted at police and tried to push through their lines
-Tried to stop a police van from getting through the crowd
-Previously homeless and drug-addicted
-From Newcastle-under-Lyme (10 minutes away)
Deana Evans, violent disorder and assaulting a police officer,
1 year and 8 months
-Was verbally abusive to officers
-With Lockett (her boyfriend) she tried to stop the police van
-Elbowed an officer when being arrested
-Also previously homeless and drug-addicted
-From Newcastle-under-Lyme (10 minutes away)
Tyler Marchese, violent disorder and assaulting police, 2 years and 1 month
-Threw rocks at police
-One hit an officer who was using a camera on the hand
-From Stoke
Daniel Bagguley, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Was part of a group chanting slogans
-Apparently goaded some Asians and they ran at him with weapons
-He then fought the group and they broke his wrist
-When receiving first aid in a Tesco he allegedly said "it will take more than one P*ki to get me, mate"
-From Newcastle-under-Lyme (10 minutes away)
Joseph Pointon, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Tore off a piece of drainpipe from a house and threw it at police
-Pulled up a metal pole on a roundabout but didn't throw it
-Helped dismantle parts of the roundabout
-Threw a brick at a police officer's shield
-Tried to throw a scaffolding pole at police
-Had been on the way to sort out a mortgage
-From Biddulph (20 minutes away)
Dillan Bahruzi, violent disorder, 2 years
-Threw missiles at police and the public
-From Stoke
Jordan Jones, violent disorder and drug possession, 2 years and 2 months
-Threw a brick and shouted abuse at police
-Had cannabis
-From Stoke
Simon Beech, Stoke, violent disorder, yet to be sentenced
-In 2011, had been jailed for 10 years for attempting to blow up a mosque in Hanley
-Here he lit a fire, then ran a pipe towards the mosque from a nearby gas meter, trying to cause an explosion
-Fire cost £50,000 of damage
-Was a member of the EDL and BNP
-From Stoke
[BRISTOL 3rd Aug] Daniel Russell, Bristol, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Kicked a black man
-Kicked out at 'counter-protesters'
-Shouted aggressively at police
-From Bristol
Lisa Bishop, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Was 'at the forefront' of the group that targeted an asylum seeker hotel
-Drunkenly shouted and gestured at the police as the crowd became 'agitated and aggressive'
-From Bristol
Dominic Capaldi, violent disorder, 2 years and 10 months
-Threw missiles at police
-From Bristol
Mark Bowen, violent disorder, 1 years and 1 month
-Verbally abused police and the public
-From Burton (25 minutes away)
Bradley McCarthy, violent disorder, 10 months
-'Shouted in a police dog's face'
-Shouted at the police and threatened 'counter protesters'
-Used racist and abusive language and 'threatening football' style chants
-From Bristol
Craig Timbrell, violent disorder, 2 years, 6 months
Threw bricks, a glass bottle, and three concrete blocks at police
-From Bristol
John Matthews, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw glass bottles and metal cans at police
-Punched at a police line and tried to break through it
-Was 'part of a group that used or threatened violence'
-Had mental issues and was sprayed with CS gas by police, angering him
-Had done previous offences
-From Knowle (1 hour 30 minutes away)
Ashley Harris, violent disorder, 3 years
-Clashed with police and counter protesters
-Threw punches, including one at a female counter protester
-Threw a drinks can at police
-Swore at and goaded police, and encouraged others to join in
-From Bristol
Mark Donavon, violent disorder, 2 years
-Was part of a crowd that was throwing beer kegs at police vehicles
-Threw objects
-His part in the riot was described as ‘relatively slight’
-Gave them "encouragement by filming"
-'Kicked out' at people, lunged at a cyclist and poured liquid over another
-Was not at the asylum hotel
-From Wells (40 minutes away)
Daniel Lock, violent disorder, 2 years
-Was in a group surrounding the Mercure asylum hotel
-Got into a fight when someone spat at him
-From Bristol
Thomas Medler, violent disorder, 2 years and 10 months
-Was jeering, shouting and throwing missiles at police and counter protesters
-Given another 8 months for breaching a sexual harm prevention order
-From Bristol
15 year old boy, violent disorder, 4 months (YO)
-Swore at police and threw a chair at a police vehicle
-Threw a bottle at police near the hotel
-Had been drinking
-From Bristol
Lee Gilpin, violent disorder, 2 years
-Was part of a 'threatening group' at the Mercure hotel
-Threw a concrete parasol stand at a police car's windscreen
-Verbally abused and assaulted police/members of the public
-From Bristol
Michael Tarling, violent disorder, 2 years
-Threw an object at police and another object at a group of people (counter protesters?)
-Kicked and punched another man
-Gestured at police and counter protesters, and made 'racial comments'
-From Bristol
James Maine, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw missiles at police and punched another man (counter protester?)
-Was prominently in the disturbance
-From Bristol
Shane Dennis, racially aggravated public order offence, 1 month
-Wasn't violent but his 'racist remarks' were deemed to have helped provoke the unrest
-From Bristol
Ashley Hunt, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Punched and threw missiles at police
-From Bristol
Joseph Bradford, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Shouted at police and threw a drink can
-'Expressed unacceptable attitudes'
-Claimed he had no political motive
-From Bristol
Unnamed 15 year old, violent disorder, 1 year referral order
-At the Mercure Hotel, threw a bottle and a chair at police
-Kicked at a police vehicle
-Joined in with 'swearing and chanting'
-Was sentenced to 1 year, but appealed and was granted the referral order
Wayne Murray, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Shouted and gestured at police and threw objects
-Was 'at the centre' of the unrest
-From Winterbourne (20 minutes away)
Unnamed 15 year old, violent disorder, 1 year referral order
-Threw beer barrels at police
-Pushed members of the public and 'aggressively gesticulated' at police
Unnamed 15 year old, violent disorder and assaulting police,
1 year referral order
-Threw missiles at police and other people
-Kicked a police officer
Mohamed Osman, violent disorder, 9 months (sus)
-'Counter protester' who threw a can at rival protesters
-From Bristol
Jack Nichols, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw missiles at police, one hitting an officer
-Threw a beer keg at a police vehicle
-From Wells (45 minutes away)
Abdinasir Hussein, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Counter protester who twice threw a missile at nationalist protesters
-From Bristol
[ROTHERHAM, August 4th] Ricky Hardman, violent disorder,
2 years and 8 months
-Brandished a piece of wood
-Helped attack a police dog vehicle
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Kenzie Roughley, violent disorder, 1 year and 4 months (YO)
-Kicked and tried to enter a police CCTV van near the Holiday Inn
-His fingerprints were found on the van
-Verbally abused police and said he hoped they would be "hit in the head with a brick”
-From Pontefract (40 minutes away)
Kaine Hicks, violent disorder, Rotherham, 2 years and 8 months 32 months
-Pushed police shields and shouted verbal abuse
-Said he had gone to the riot because he was curious
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Nathan Palmer, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Stole a police riot shield and held it in the crowd near the Holiday Inn
-Was on licence for drug offences
-From Hemingfield (14 minutes away)
Niven Matthewman, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw a chair at the police
-Shouted 'Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire' while wearing an England flag
-Was near a crowd who were rocking a police van
-From Swinton (12 minutes away)
Lee Crisp, violent disorder, 3 years and 4 months
-Encouraged and cheered on throwing missiles at Holiday Inn
-'Threatened violence' towards police, saying they should be “ashamed of themselves” and “let’s go toe to toe”
-Made apparently racist comments - quoted shouting that the police were "looking after the f*cking immigrants"
-From Rotherham
David Chadwick, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw a lump of wood at police
-Poured a drink over a police officer in a vehicle
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Alfie Conway, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-Threw missiles at police by Holiday Inn
-From Pontefract (40 minutes away)
Liam Gray, violent disorder, 3 years (YO)
-'Aggressively pushed' at police lines
-From Doncaster
Drew Jarvis, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw missiles and 'lit arrows' at the police
-Reportedly when interviewed told the police he was there to “sort out” the occupants of the hotel who would be “better off in their own country”
-No fixed abode
Peter Beard, Rotherham, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Army veteran
-'Pushed back' at a police line as others threw missiles
-From Brampton Bierlow (15 minutes away)
Michael Bailey, Rotherham, violent disorder and criminal damage, 2 years and 4 months
-Lay down and obstructed a police van from moving towards the Holiday Inn
-Hit and damaged the wing mirror of the van
-Told police at the scene the hotel was "getting burned down"
-From Rotherham
Jordan Teal, Rotherham, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Broke off fence panels from gardens, which were used as missiles and weapons
-Shouted that the police were "protecting paedophiles"
-Was wearing a balaclava
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Lewis Lynch, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-'Kicked out' at police line
-From Wath upon Dearne (17 minutes away)
Peter Lynch, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-At the Holiday Inn, made 'racist and provocative remarks' towards police, including calling them "scum"
-Called the asylum seekers "child killers"
-Was deemed to have 'revved up' the crowd
-Had a 'conspiracy theory' placard (judge made clear this was not illegal)
-From Wath upon Dearne (17 minutes away)
Lewis Merritt, violent disorder, assaulting a police officer, 2 years and 8 months
-Assaulted an officer ‘by beating’
-From Doncaster (35 minutes away)
Paul Sissons, violent disorder, 3 years
-Shouted at police and chanted "Tommy Robinson"
-Threw missiles at police
-Kicked and pushed at police riot shields
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Luke Sissons, violent disorder, 3 years
-Helped rock a police van
-Was at the front of the crowd, goading officers who had been pushed back against the migrant hotel
-Told police "I hate immigrants"
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Christopher Rodgers, violent disorder, 2 years
-Was 'with a group' of people wearing masks and throwing missiles at the hotel
-Filmed this on his phone
-Didn't throw anything for most of it, but police said he threw missiles when the crowd was dispersed
-Was chased by police and a police dog bit his groin 3 times
-After being bitten, said to officers: “Why are you refusing to take an Englishman to hospital?”
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Thomas Birley, violent disorder, arson and possessing offensive weapon, 9 years
-Piled chipboard onto a burning bin outside the fire exit of the Holiday Inn
-Helped smash one of the hotel's windows
-Stole a police baton and faced a police line with it
-A probation officer said in a report he had hints of a 'white supremacist mindset'
-From Swinton (10 minutes away)
Kurt Hooley, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Tried to steal a police riot shield at the Holiday Inn
-Was part of the group causing trouble
-Burned his clothes to remove evidence, despite denying the offence
-Had 3 previous convictions
-No fixed abode
Richard Harrison, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Verbally abused police and pushed an officer to the ground
-Was already the subject of a community order for another offence
-Had mental health and addiction issues
-From Rotherham
Tomas Arnold, assault on police, 2 years and 2 months (YO)
-Kicked a police officer's riot shield, and 'kicked out' at others
-Denied being racist or political
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Graham Harper, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw litter bins at police
-Pushed against police riot shields
-Stole a shield and waved it around triumphantly
-From Darfield (20 minutes away)
Luke Fowler, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw missiles at police
-Was carrying plywood towards a fire at the Holiday Inn
-The plywood sheet was burned, but we don't know who put it on the fire
-Denied being racist
-From Darfield (20 minutes away)
Unnamed 14 year old, violent disorder, 1 year referral order
-Collected stones and threw them at police
-Threw some missiles which were on fire
-Threw a bin onto a fire at the Holiday Inn
-Shouted 'racist abuse'
Unnamed 17 year old, violent disorder, 1 year referral order
-Broke a fence and used a wooden plank to hit police riot shields
-Was part of a group that was kicking one police van and trying to tip another over
-Said he had no political motive
Unnamed 15 year old, violent disorder, 1 year referral order
-Threw stones at police and shouted abuse when his friend was detained
Unnamed 15 year old, violent disorder, 1 year referral order
-Threw stones at police and brandished a traffic cone
-Claimed he felt pressured into it
Christian Hemus, violent disorder, having a dog out of control and growing cannabis, 3 years
-Took his German shepherd dog to the Holiday Inn
-Used it for what were deemed threatening and violent purposes
-Allowed it to lunge at officers while on the lead
-Dog slipped out of its collar and ran around in the crowd
-Was wearing a mask
-Ex-Army
-From Barnsley (15 minutes away)
Charlie Eames, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Highly drunk, he threw an object at police
-Encouraged another man to throw a plank of wood
-From Sheffield (20 minutes away)
Morgan Hardy, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw fence panels, a chair and a fire extinguisher at police
-Was part of a group chanting 'we want our country back' and goaded officers with outstretched arms
-From Rotherham
Cameron Callear, violent disorder, 2 years and 10 months
-Kicked at police riot shields, broke a leg off a chair and threw it at officers
-From Thurnscoe (20 minutes away)
Luke Crowcoft, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Was part of a group that tried to push over a police van near the Holiday Inn
-From Doncaster (30 minutes away)
Ashley Lowe, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Went into the Holiday Inn after its windows and doors were smashed
-Kicked fence panels
-Had his face covered
-Claimed he did it because he was bored
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Ben Beardsley, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Was drunk and threw pieces of concrete at police
-Wore a mask
-Claimed he had no racial or political motive
-From Mexborough (15 minutes away)
Joshua Webb, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw pieces of wood towards police
-Sentenced was 'reduced' for cooperating with police
-From Rotherham
Scott Greenwood, violent disorder and arson, yet to be sentenced
-Burned a disused generator next to the Holiday Inn
-From Hemingfield (15 minutes away)
Joshua Lane, violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Threw missiles at police at the Holiday Inn
-Pushed a metal barrier towards the police line
-Was in breach of a previous suspended sentence for violence
Michael Shaw, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Was pushed to the ground by officers and kicked out at them
-Seen 'next' to a burning bin
-Ex-military
-From Thurnscoe (20 minutes away)
Ricky Cotton, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw a vape and an empty beer can towards police
-Defence said he didn't do it with much force
-From Bolton-upon-Dearne (15 minutes away)
Ashley Williams, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Autistic and with other mental issues
-Entered the Holiday Inn through a damaged fire exit
-Threw a chair and a fire extinguisher at police
-Denied racist intent
-From Denaby Main (15 minutes away)
Nathan Annables, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw missiles including a piece of concrete at police
-Entered the Holiday Inn, picked up a chair, hit a window with it repeatedly and threw it
-Ripped planks from a fence
-Tried to kick a police van
-Joined in with chanting at the hotel ("Yorkshire, Yorkshire")
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Unnamed 17 year old, 12 month referral order and £400 fine
-Threw missiles and kicked out at police
Michael Woods, violent disorder, 2 years
-At the Holiday Inn, was next to someone who had brought their dog
-Threatened police officers that the dog would attack them if they hit Woods with their batons
-Said "you hit me, it gets you"
-Also said to an officer: "I live here mate, go back to where you’ve come from... we live here, have some respect for English people young man, you are a disgrace to society"
-Was not physically violent
-From Goldthorpe (25 minutes away)
Scott Kendall, violent disorder, 2 years
-Threw a bottle at police
-From Wath-upon-Dearne (15 minutes away)
Jack Turton, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-Drove a pick-up truck filled with wooden panels to the Holiday Inn and allowed them to be used as missiles and fuel for fires
-Had called the riot 'brilliant' in text messages
-From Barnsley (20 minutes away)
Sonny Ackerman, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-At the Holiday Inn, threw a rock at police
-Helped throw a wheelie bin at police
-Had a learning disability
-Had been on bail for driving while disqualified
-From Ashton-on-Ribble (1 hour 45 minutes away)
Levi Fishlock, violent disorder and arson/attempted murder, 9 years
-At the Holiday Inn, smashed windows by throwing bricks and broken paving slabs
-Smashed up an air-con unit
-Grasped a sharp object and taunted the people in the hotel
-Set fires
-Used pieces of a fence and metal poles as weapons against the police
-Told police the attack was a "good cause"
-Previously had problems with drugs
-Had been cautioned for violent disorder and assault in 2007 and 2010
[BOLTON, Aug 4th] James Nelson, Bolton, criminal damage, 2 months
-Smashed police cars
-From Bolton
Unnamed 17 year old, violent disorder and criminal damage, youth rehab order and £200 fine
-Kicked and punched the glass door of a shop as the owner tried to close the shutters
-Three other youths were trying to break in
-Shopkeeper believed he'd been targeted because of his race
-Offender denied this
[MIDDLESBROUGH, Aug 4th] Noman Ahmed, violent disorder, 14 months
-Punched someone when 'defending' a mosque
-From Middlesbrough
Jonathan Ambrose, violent disorder and drugs possession, 30 months
-Threw rocks and stones at police
-Had cannabis
-From Middlesbrough
Stacey Vint, violent disorder, 20 months
-Pushed a burning bin towards police
-From Middlesbrough
Thomas Rogers, violent disorder and possession of offensive weapon,
2 years and 2 months
-22 year old autistic man
-Threw a vacuum cleaner through the window of a house
-‘Offensive weapon’ appears to be the vacuum cleaner (!)
-Had been seen throwing bricks at police
-When found with blood on his shirt from a cut hand, he admitted throwing bricks and said he "would do it again," adding "I hope your kids get r*ped, I hate the police"
-From Middlesbrough
Charlie Bullock, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Threw missiles at police
-From Middlesbrough
Matthew Putson, violent disorder and assaulting a police office,
2 years and 8 months
-Threw missiles at police
-Kicked and punched a police officer
-Judge deemed his offences racially aggravated as he was in a group that was shouting abuse about 'Asian' people
-30 previous convictions for violence and theft
-From Middlesbrough
Michael Stevenson, violent disorder, 2 year and 2 months
-Set fire to a rubbish bin, which was pushed towards police
-From Middlesbrough
Louis McGrother, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Set fire to a wheelie bin
-'Kicked out' at a police officer
-From Middlesbrough
Dylan Willis, violent disorder, 1 year and 2 months (YO), later given a suspended sentence on appeal
-Threw a brick three times at a Chinese restaurant window and finally broke it
-Claimed he had no connection to right wing politics
-From Hartlepool (20 minutes away)
John Barton, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-Threw a brick at police
-Was then bitten in the stomach by a police dog
-Had lost his father and broken up with his partner, so was emotional
-Had 3 previous convictions
-From Hartlepool (20 minutes away)
Natalie Wood, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-Threw a bottle at police and shouted "come on then"
-Had 8 previous convictions including for violence
-Had been a drug addict
-From Hartlepool (20 minutes away)
Amanda Walton, violent disorder, 1 year and 10 months
-Threw a missile at a car, damaged its wing mirror and 'rummaged in a bin' (?)
-Had her dog with her
-From Middlesbrough
Megan Davison, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Daughter of Walton
-High on drugs/drink from the night before, jumped on the roof of the same car
-Attempted to steal from a shop ('concealed items')
-Gave police the middle finger
-From Middlesbrough
John Walker, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Seems to have previously been convicted for theft and assault
-From Middlesbrough
Jamie Govan, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Moved towards police, swearing
-Apparently made threats
-When arrested, kicked out and swung arms at officers
-Grabbed one of their batons and wouldn't let go
-From Stockton (15 minutes away)
Alfie Holdsworth, violent disorder, 1 year and 2 months
-Kicked someone twice on the ground
-Had been seen 'staggering'
-From Gateshead (1 hour away)
Paul Sizer, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-From Middlesbrough
Akhell Khan, violent disorder, 1 year and 3 months
-'Counter protester'?
-Part of a group 'engaging in disorder', some armed with hammers and poles
-He himself was armed with a hammer
-He ran from police, and with some other men he got into a car which made to drive away
-The car then crashed into a parked vehicle
-From Middlesbrough
Ashley Ferguson, violent disorder, burglary and offensive weapon,
2 years and 6 months (will serve 40%)
-Had a long wooden pole, and smashed a Tesco window with it, taking chocolate and alcohol
-Brandished the pole towards police and 'goaded' them
-From Middlesbrough
Paul Smith, violent disorder, 1 year and 10 months
-Was part of a group trying to light a Biffa bin on fire, was holding a lighter
-Pushed the bin towards a police line
-From Middlesbrough
Rosh Mahmood, offensive weapon, 6 months
-Picked up a wooden plank and headed towards other rioters
-From Middlesbrough
Jake Wray, violent disorder 2 years and 3 months
-Blocked traffic in the town centre and asked motorists: "Are you white, are you English?"
-Appeared to help set a car on fire
-Shouted racist chants
-Pushed a wheelie bin towards police
-Was wearing a mask
-Had been serving a suspended sentence for spitting at police and carrying a knife
Christopher Sharp, violent disorder, 2 years and six months
-Helped push a bin towards police officers which was then set alight
-From Middlesbrough
Salim Khan, dangerous driving, 9 months and a 1 year driving ban
-In the vicinity of a riot he let his cousin, who had been involved in disorder, into his car; supposedly believing his cousin was being chased
-As they sat in the car a police officer found this suspicious and approached to question them, trying to open the door
-Khan drove at speed towards the officer and several of their colleagues
-The car then crashed into parked vehicles
-He claimed he had just finished a security shift and was in the area by chance
-He claimed he just panicked and didn't realise it was a police officer
Ameer Khalile, assault, 2 years and 10 months
-Was 'defending' his mosque
-Was part of a group of Muslims shouting "white racist scum"
-They pursued an innocent white man down the street and assaulted him
-Khalile stamped on his head and he fell into a ditch
-Khalile ran off, then targeted a pub, aiming a punch at somebody and kicking the pub door
-The judge said the victim had "done nothing wrong" and was "probably attacked because he was white".
-From Stockton (15 minutes away)
[TAMWORTH, Aug 4th] David Jordan, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Threw something at the police
-Shouted at the Holiday Inn and swore at police
-From Tamworth
Jordan Winyard, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw missiles at police near the Holiday Inn
-Was wearing a pig mask
-No fixed address
Simon Orr, rioting and assaulting police, 6 years and 17 weeks
-Was at the Holiday Inn
-Details given to the court during the trial were scant (?!)
-CPS said he had directly assaulted police and encouraged others to set fire to the hotel
-Assaulted a female officer
-Sent a Whatsapp message encouraging others to attend the riot
-Had breached the terms of a suspended sentence for assault
-From Tamworth
Martin McCluskey, violent disorder and assaulting police, 3 years
-Threw missiles at police
-Kicked a glass bottle at an officer and it shattered on their shin
-Verbally abused an officer and said he would "bite his face off"
-This officer was hit by a bike and had petrol thrown on him (by someone else)
-From Tamworth
Aimee Hodgkinson-Hedgecox, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-At the Holiday Inn, chanted 'incendiary and racist phrases' and 'challenged police'
-Had taken her 11 year old step-son with her
-Posted footage of missiles being thrown to social media
-14 previous convictions, one for violence
Cameron Bell, 9 months,
-Streamed live footage of disorder on TikTok
-Walked with a crowd of 20 people, some armed with makeshift weapons, believed to be on the way to an asylum seeker hotel (not Holiday Inn)
-The footage was poorly shot and showed no violence
-Was heard swearing and calling asylum seekers 'tramps'
-Reportedly made racist remarks and said the group should visit other hotels
-Had not been present at the Holiday Inn violence
-Had been fired from her care worker job as a result of the incident
-From Tamworth
Danny Hollick, violent disorder, 2 years and 2 months
-Threw a rock at a police officer and 'challenged' police
-From Tamworth
Ian Green, violent disorder, 2 years
-Instructed people to attack the doors of the Holiday Inn
-Obstructed police
-From Tamworth
Tommy McQuaker, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Threw beer cans at police
-Was wearing a balaclava
-Was brought down and bitten by a police dog
-From Tamworth
[HULL, 4th Aug] Connor Whiteley, violent disorder, 3 years
-Assaulted a female police officer by kicking her to the ground
-From Hull
John Honey, violent disorder, racially aggravated criminal damage and burglary,
4 years and 9 months
-Attacked and damaged a BMW containing three Romanian men
-Damaged 9 other vehicles in a garage
-Three counts of burglary in Lush, O2 and Shoezone
-From Hull
David Wilkinson, violent disorder, racially aggravated criminal damage and attempted arson, 6 years
-Was a 'prominent' part of the crowd attacking a BMW, where punches were thrown and an iron bar was used as a weapon
-Spat, threw missiles and pushed wheelie bins at police
-Was allegedly seen holding nun-chucks
-From Hull
Stuart Randall, racially aggravated criminal damage, burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder, 3 years
-Alcoholic who entered a private garage and used a sledgehammer to smash up two cars belonging to a foreign national
-One other count of burglary
-Smashed the windows of two shops
-Danced in front of the police while waving a riot shield
-Was 'aggressive and intimidating'
-From Hull
William Riley, assaulting police and violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Punched a policeman in the jaw while being detained
-Handed out eggs for people to throw
-From Hull
Christopher Douglas, racially aggravated violent disorder, 2 years and 8 months
-Army veteran with mental problems who had suffered recent family tragedy
-Goaded police, threw missiles and shouted abuse
-Pushed police and threw a rubbish bag at them
-Stole a riot shield and waved it over his head triumphantly - "to the obvious delight of the crowd”
-His face was covered with a Union flag
-Had been homeless and resented asylum seekers being put up in the hotel
-Had cannabis in his home
-From Hull
Brandon Kirkwood, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Threw missiles including an egg at police
-Pushed a rubbish bag towards police
-Had 13 previous convictions
-From Hull
Andrew Stuart, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Man with learning disabilities
-Pushed a burning bin towards police and threw missiles
-Made full admissions to police and 'admitted things which at the time police could not otherwise prove'
-This included giving racist abuse
-Was seen outside a looted shop
-From Hull
Jordan Murray, violent disorder and theft, 2 years
-Autistic man with ADHD
-Ran at a police line with a large metal bench and threw it at them
-Looted two shops
-Had 37 previous convictions
-From Hull
David Buckle, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw missiles at police
-Was at points wearing a balaclava
-Judge said his actions were "motivated by hostility based upon race"
-Had previous convictions
-From Hull
Jermaine Glover, violent disorder and arson, 2 years
-Threw missiles at police
-Set fire to pallets and tyres at the Milky Way garage
-Judge said his actions were racially aggravated
-Had previous convictions
-From Hull
Jackie Miller, racially aggravated public disorder, 8 months
-Had been driving her car through Hull with her daughter and passed through a disturbance
-Her car window was smashed with a brick as she did so, and she believed Asians were the culprits
-Her daughter rang 101 and Miller made 'very unpleasant comments'
-She claimed the police weren't doing anything about it, which made her angry
-She approached the police and shouted repeatedly at them, including the racist comments "You should be round there sorting all these p*kis out. They are throwing bricks at people's cars"; "You are just as bad as the p*kis. You don't look after your own"; [why don’t you go and] "pepper spray a p*ki?"
- Clapped at the crowd and said: "This is your police force, everybody... they don't look after their own"
-Had 22 previous convictions
-From Little Weighton (20 minutes away)
Michael Campbell, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Placed a bicycle in front of him as barrier to fend off a police dog and police officers
-The dog had previously tackled and bitten him during the riot
-Judge said he was "motivated by hostility based upon race”
-Had 11 previous convictions
-From Hull
Daniel Mennell, violent disorder, 2 years and 3 months
-Drunkenly threw tiles, rocks and stones at police
-'Lunged' at police
-Had 54 previous convictions
-From Hull
Jarrod Farrah, violent disorder, 2 years
-Gestured, shouted, walked towards and 'lunged' at police
-Did not throw anything
-From Hull
Ben Chapman, violent disorder, 1 year and 4 months (YO)
-Kicked a fixed bin to try and detach it and use it as a missile - was unsuccessful
-Was already serving a community order for assaulting an emergency worker 'at the time' of the riots (and thus will serve 4 more months for this)
-From Hull
Joshua Hobman, violent disorder, 2 years
-Aimed a punch at a police officer's riot shield
-Threw a drinks can at the police
-From Hull
Unnamed 17 year old, violent disorder, burglary, criminal damage, 1 year (YO)
-Was part of a group that threw missiles at the BMW with Romanian men inside, and set alight tyres at a garage
-Stole a spanner from that garage and attacked a woman's car with it
-Pushed a large wheelie bin into police
-Threw missiles
-Stole from Lush, Shoezone and O2
-Lived in a youth hostel in Hull
Abderrahim Elmuoden, racially aggravated criminal damage, violent disorder, arson and burglary, 3 years and 9 months
-Moroccan refugee who had been drinking
-With a shopping trolley, attacked the BMW with Romanian men inside
-Threw tyres on the fire outside the garage
-Looted O2 and Shoezone
-Said he was visiting his fiancée
-From North Tyneside (2 hours and 45 minutes away)
Scott Rushworth, violent disorder, 2 years and 4 months
-Was part of a group that tackled a police officer to the floor
-Stole the officer's riot shield and posed with it
-Had offended before
-From Hull
15 year old boy, violent disorder and burglary, 1 year referral order
-Threw traffic barriers and other large objects at police
-Looted from Lush, or at least entered the store
-From Hull
Declan Wild, violent disorder, assaulting police officers, racially aggravated assault, 4 years
-Drunkenly chased one of the Romanians who was in the BMW and hit him in the head, then was pulled away
-Kicked a wing mirror off a car
-Helped build the wall of tyres which was burned outside the garage
-Looted Lush twice
-Was part of a group shouting and throwing missiles at police
-Kicked out at a police officer when arrested
-Shouted about the EDL and yelled: "This is two-tier policing. Tommy Robinson has radicalised me and he was right."
-Clashed heads with a policeman during a struggle almost a month later
-13 previous convictions
-No fixed abode
Jordan Shaw, violent disorder and assaulting police, 1 year and 4 months (YO)
-Threw a bottle at a police line, it hit the floor and shattered
-A shard then flew up and hit an officer, not injuring them
-He was present at various flashpoints
-Had 4 previous convictions
-From Hull
Lewis Carver, violent disorder and assaulting police, 1 year and 4 months
-Threw a traffic cone at a police officer, which cut their face and may have scarred them
-Took a prominent part in unrest at an asylum hotel
-From Hull
Lee Battams, violent disorder, burglary and attempted burglary, 3 years
-Smashed a window and broke into the O2 store, stealing a tablet
-Tried to break into Morrisons
-From Hull
Thomas Cowap, Hull, theft, 1 month and 6 months (YO)
-Stole from an outdoors equipment shop
-From Hull
Unknown 17 year old, 1 year referral order and £111 fine
-Damaged the BMW car with Romanians in it
-Pushed a bin towards police and threw missiles
[WEYMOUTH 4th Aug] Jason Francis, violent disorder, assaulting a police officer, 2 years
-Pushed and kicked at a police line
-Punched an officer in the face
-From Weymouth
Ian Vetier, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Pushed and shoved at an officer
-Was shirtless and holding a Union flag
-Shouted "it's a free country, mate" at the officer
-Called police a "waste of space" and "scum"
-From Weymouth
Kevin Searle, violent disorder, 1 year and 9 months
-Tried to break through a police cordon with two other men
-Poured a can of cider over a police officer's face
-Was 'gesturing in an aggressive manner'
-Had several previous convictions
-From Weymouth
Eden Reboul, violent disorder, 1 year
-Has ADHD (didn’t take meds) and PTSD
-Threw a can of drink at police
-Had been cautioned for an unrelated act of minor violence the same day
-From Weymouth
Ian Wyn Thomas, violent disorder and assaulting police, 1 year and 2 months
-Confronted and pushed a police officer
-Tried to hit the officer with his hand, but was blocked
-From Bournemouth (1 hour away)
[SHEFFIELD, 4th Aug] Curtis Coulson, affray, 4 months and 2 weeks
-Was approached by a female ‘counter-protester’ with a placard
-He broke off the placard's stick, brandished and swung it at the protester
-He claimed she raised the placard against him first
-From Sheffield
[SOLLIHULL, 4th Aug] Adam Turner, Solihull, violent disorder and assaulting police officer, not yet sentenced
-Threw a glass at a police officer
-From Solihull
[BIRMINGHAM, 5th Aug] Unnamed 17 year old, violent disorder,
£500 fine, 6 months driving ban
-Likely one of the 'counter protesters' that was driving recklessly on the roundabout
[PLYMOUTH, 5th Aug] Guy Sullivan, violent disorder and theft, 3 years
-Stole alcohol from a shop
-Stole a policeman's baton as other assailants surrounded the officer
-From Plymouth
Lucas Ormond Skeaping, violent disorder, 1 year and 6 months
-Threw missiles at police (rock and bottle)
-Knocked teenager off bike
-From Tavistock (30 minutes away)
Michael Williams, Plymouth, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Threw missiles at the police
-Had a stone tucked down his trousers as a potential weapon
-From Sparkwell, 20 minutes away
Daniel McGuire, violent disorder and assaulting a police officer,
1 year and 2 months
-Spat at the police officer
-From Plymouth
Justin Crimp, violent disorder and criminal damage, 2 years and 8 months
-Damaged clothing store
-From Plymouth
Amer Walid, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Threw a can of beer and other missiles at 'far right' protesters
-Said the beer was thrown at his feet and he felt offended because he was Muslim and didn't drink
-From Plymouth
John Cann, Plymouth, violent disorder, 3 years
-Threw a lit firework at police
-Had been 'spouting dangerous inaccurate nonsense', according to the judge
-From Plymouth
Ryan Bailey, violent disorder, 2 years and 6 months
-Threw a can of beer
-Chanted about 'immigrants not being welcome'
-No fixed abode
Gary Harkness, violent disorder, 1 year
-Was 'at the forefront' of a protest
-Had drunkenly 'encouraged others' but not been violent himself
-From Plymouth
Aminadab Temesgen, violent disorder, 1 year and 2 months
-Counter protester who accidentally stood on the 'far right' side
-Claimed he suffered racial abuse from some men, and thus threw a can and water bottle at them
-The missiles also hit the police
-Student living in Plymouth
Jamie West, violent disorder, 1 year and 8 months
-Swore and gesticulated at police
-Threw a stone at the counter protesters
-Had been drinking
-From Plymouth
[DARLINGTON Aug 5th] Cole Stewart, violent disorder,
1 year and 6 months (YO)
-Threw missiles at police, one of which hit an officer on the wrist
-Is an 18 year old 'vulnerable person' who has a social worker
-From a homeless hostel in Darlington
Brandon Welch, violent disorder, 1 year and 3 months
-On TikTok, livestreamed a group attempting to reach a mosque
-The mosque was being protected by Muslim men, and the groups were clashing
-Encouraged the group by shouting "go on, lads" and "let the town burn"
-Used 'racial slurs'
-Shouted abuse at police and encouraged the group to attack a car
-From Darlington
[HUDDERSFIELD Aug 5th] Harvey Gardner, encouraging violent disorder,
9 months
-Made this post on Facebook and X: "Riot in Huddersfield on Monday. Meet at the train station at 1pm. Everyone come show your support. It's not going to be peaceful."
-No riot or protest happened there and it seems Gardner did not go himself
-From Kirkburton (20 minutes away)
[BRIGHTON, Aug 7] Ian Ward, Brighton, assault and assault of police officer,
1 year and 4 months
-At a 'counter protest', he punched a 'far right' protester in the face
-Also pushed a police officer
-No fixed address
[SOUTHAMPTON, Aug 7] Ryan Wheatley, assaulting a police officer, one year
-Ran into a police officer and was pepper sprayed
-From Fair Oak (20 minutes away)
Lee James, Southampton, possession of an offensive weapon, 1 year
-Had a knuckle duster, which he claimed was for self defence
-From Southampton
[BARNSLEY, Aug 7] Darren Clayton, Barnsley 7th Aug, racially aggravated harassment, criminal damage and assaulting a police officer, 6 months
-Shouted at a shopkeeper "are you ready for tomorrow?" (meaning a planned protest that didn't happen)
-Took his shirt off and made comments deemed to be racist:-
-"What is your nationality?"; "Where do you come from?"; “This is my town, my country"; "You need to go back to your country"
-Then came back and pushed over shelving outside the shop
-When arrested, 'kicked out' at police
-From Barnsley
[WARRINGTON, Aug 7th] Thomas Connelly, possession of a knife,
6 months and 2 weeks (YO)
-There were rumours of a protest which didn't happen, and the police used stop and search powers
-He had a lock knife
-Police believed he was there for the rumoured protest
-From Warrington
[SCARBOROUGH, Aug 8th] James Martin, Scarborough, racially/religiously aggravated harassment, having an article with intent to damage property, obstructing police, 2 years and 2 months
-Outside an Islamic centre, he shouted and swore while Muslims were praying
-He had firelighters in his pocket
-From Scarborough
Are you making any point Ed ?
I note that this morning a child rapist was released at trial because the jails were full!