Girl, 13, charged over UK riots admits violent disorder and stealing four bottles of Lucozade and cash
A 13-year-old girl charged over her involvement in the UK riots has admitted violent disorder, stealing four bottles of Lucozade and cash.
The youngster admitted violent disorder in County Road, in the Walton area of Liverpool on August 3 and two other charges involving theft of the energy drink and money from Go Local Extra in nearby Delamore Street on the same date.
The girl, dressed in a blue tracksuit and trainers, appeared before Liverpool Youth Court and the magistrates ordered a pre-sentence report to be prepared.
She was remanded on unconditional bail to appear for sentence before a District Judge on November 26.
The riots were stoked as misinformation about the perpetrator of the Southport stabbings circulated online – claiming, falsely, that he was a Muslim asylum seeker and giving a fake name.
It was shared by a number of high-profile far right figures online and a Russian-affiliated ‘news’ website.
In early August Liverpool was beset by a group of about 100 thugs who set fire to bins, damaged businesses and buildings and threw missiles at police on County Road, Liverpool.
Spellow Library was also torched during the violent scenes.
The rioting came after the murder of three young girls – Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine.
The three girls had been attending the summer holiday club at the Hart Space Community Centre, in Southport, when they were stabbed on July 29.
Eight other children and two adults were also seriously injured.
According to data collated by the PA news agency, more than 600 people were charged over the Southport disorder.
Of these, 75 are children under the age of 18 – 13 per cent of the total.
The attack and subsequent rioting prompted King Charles to express his ‘profound shock’ and cut into his holiday to Balmoral, in Scotland, to visit the Merseyside seaside town.
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