Two sentenced for roles in Sunderland riot
Two men have been sentenced for their role in a riot in Sunderland on 2 August.
Riley Adey, 19, was filmed repeatedly throwing objects at officers, including a brick and a scaffolding pole, and was also seen standing and waving on top of an overturned vehicle after it had been set alight, and looting two fire extinguishers from a damaged building, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Adey, of Heworth Crescent, Washington, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and has been detained for two years in a youth offenders institution.
Meanwhile, father-to-be Reece Greenwood, 31, of The Gardens, Washington, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for violent disorder after he live-streamed himself shouting racial slurs, encouraging rioters and verbally abusing officers during the unrest in Sunderland.
Sentencing the pair at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Paul Sloan KC, Recorder of Newcastle said “the two of you together, with others, brought shame upon the city of Sunderland”.
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