Man admits assaulting police officer during protest
A man has admitted assaulting a police officer during a protest in the wake of the Southport stabbings.
Violence broke out in Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth on 3 and 4 August amid widespread disorder across the UK.
Marcus Ramsden, 22, of Goldenhill, in Stoke-on-Trent, pleaded guilty to violent disorder in Hanley at a hearing at the city’s crown court on Monday.
He also admitted common assault of an emergency worker and assault by beating of an emergency worker.
Ramsden was bailed to return to the court on 23 September.
Staffordshire Police said it had now arrested 73 people and charged 30 following disorder in the area on 3 and 4 August.
Riots and anti-immigration protests took place across the UK after three young girls were killed in Southport, Merseyside, on 29 July, fuelled by false claims on social media that the attacker was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat.
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