PICTURED: The rioters, thugs and criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week
Prison terms are continuing to be handed out to those involved in the civil unrest earlier this month
More rioters have faced justice for their part in the civil unrest across Greater Manchester earlier this month.
Prosecutors have charged over 520 people following disorder across the UK, with the CPS saying they are ‘working around the clock’ with police to ‘deliver swift justice.’ In Piccadilly Gardens, a thug involved in an attack on a lone black man was jailed for 28 months.
In Bolton, two men were jailed for hurling missiles at the police as they tried to separate two rival factions during the disorder. And in Newton Heath, one man was handed 18 months in jail after he joined in with disorder outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers whilst on his way home from the pub.
Niall Charnock
A rioter barged through a police barrier into a ‘neutral zone’ before launching a ‘plastic bottle’ at police officers during large-scale violent disorder in Bolton.
Bolton Crown Court heard how Niall Charnock, 31, was captured on video footage shared online ‘throwing a missile’ at officers and breaking down the barrier during protests in the Greater Manchester town on August 4.
Demonstrators and counter-protesters clashed outside Bolton town hall earlier this month as missiles were thrown at police. Chief Constable Stephen Watson previously said the ‘orchestrated criminality’ had nothing to do with lawful protest. Charnock was jailed for 26 months.
Mark Bridgeford
A grandfather has been jailed for joining a mob attack on a lone black male – the latest rioter to face justice for the sickening violence that erupted in Piccadilly Gardens on August 3.
Footage played in a court showed ‘cowardly’ Mark Bridgeford, 50, from Salford, was part of a mob of white men who attacked a lone black male in the square as a protest and counter protest erupted in violence.
The grandfather-of-five admitted he shouted at riot cops who moved in to protect the man ‘sort your own f***ing country out’ after he had punched and kicked his victim.
Bridgeford, of Canon Street in Salford, nodded to the judge as he was jailed for one year and eight months after pleading guilty to one offence of violent disorder.
Nigel Simpson
A rioter who was captured on CCTV launching an ‘item’ at the police told a court: “I was picking things up, officer.” Appearing on videolink from HMP Hewell, Nigel Simpson, 57, was jailed for over two years after footage captured him during the protests in Bolton on August 4.
At one stage he charged at counter protesters before running away whilst holding an England flag. He was then seen with a group who were hurling various items in the direction of the police, before he bent down and ‘collected’ items from the floor. He then launched a ‘missile’ at the cops, hitting one who turned round to see where it came from. Judge Walsh jailed Simpson, of Deerfold, Chorley, for 28 months.
Lewis Whitworth
A convicted drug dealer who took part in a ‘frightening’ attack outside a hotel which housed asylum seekers has been jailed.
On his way home from the pub, Lewis Whitworth, 30, a trainee mechanic, kicked a bus and joined a baying mob which hurled missiles and abuse at asylum seekers outside the premises close to his home in Newton Heath.
Charlie Mott
A lawless looter encouraged others to ransack a Sainsburys during widespread disorder in Manchester city centre.
Charlie Mott, 28, was captured on CCTV footage wearing a face covering as he gestured to a large group of rioters to go into the store on Mosley Street. He then followed them in, and stole numerous items.
As others stole large amounts of alcohol, one man was seen to run out of the store carrying bunches of bananas. A judge described it as ‘delinquent behaviour’ which ‘took advantage’ of the unrest.
Mott, of Eccles, was jailed for 18 months.
Manchester Evening News
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