Trio jailed for throwing missiles at police near to a Southport mosque
Three more men have been jailed for taking part in violent disorder which broke out in Southport the day after three girls were stabbed to death.
The men all admitted taking part in a disturbance close to Southport mosque the day after the stabbings.
Violence was sparked by false online rumours the suspect in the Southport attack was a Muslim.
Footage played to Liverpool Crown Court showed the men throwing missiles at police and the crowd can also be heard chanting anti-Islamic slogans.
David Engleby, 29, from Southport, was jailed for two years and four months
Self-employed joiner Paul Dryhurst, 33, from Litherland, was jailed for two years
Luke Summerfield, 33, from Aston under Lyne in Greater Manchester, was jailed for two years and two months
Through their defence barristers all three men expressed their remorse at what they had done.
The court heard Dryhurst’s parents both work for the ambulance service and are “baffled” at their son’s behaviour.
Judge Watson said: “It would be wrong and misleading to look at the actions of individuals in isolation because violence feeds on itself. Events gain a momentum of their own.”
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