Woman sentenced after city centre protest
A woman has been sentenced after disorder at a protest in Nottingham city centre over the weekend.
Hundreds of people gathered near the Brian Clough Statue on King Street as part of demonstrations organised by rival groups on Saturday.
The demonstrations, which saw chanting from some far-right and anti-fascist protesters, were among a number to take place across the UK.
Victoria Gray – one of eight individuals charged after the Nottingham protest – was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
The 42-year-old has also been ordered to pay a £200 fine for religious aggravated harassment, alarm or distress, and told to pay £231 in compensation to a victim for one count of assaulting an emergency worker.
Gray, of High Lane East, West Hallam, Derbyshire, was also served four rehabilitation community orders in relation to the charges.
Nottinghamshire Police said the demonstrations in Nottingham remained “largely peaceful”, and warned any other disorder would see a “robust response”.
The charges and sentence
Gray was sentenced to four and three months respectively, suspended for a year, for two counts of assaulting an emergency worker. The three-month sentence will run concurrently to the four-month term
She was sentenced to two months in prison, suspended for a year, for possession of a weapon designed for the discharge of noxious liquid or gas or electrical incapacitation, and handed an order for the deprivation of the defendant’s right to use pepper spray. The sentence will run consecutively to the four-month term
Gray was given three months in prison, suspended for a year, for using threatening or abusive or insulting behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress. This sentence was ordered to run concurrently
Two other charges – using threatening words or behaviour intending to steer religious or sexual orientation hatred, and using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment or alarm – were withdrawn
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