Plumber jailed after hurling fire extinguishers at police during Sunderland riots

A plumber who joined in a city centre riot has been put behind bars.

Kane Dunn threw missiles at police lines when disorder flared across Sunderland in August 2024 and mirrored similar scenes across the UK that summer.

Newcastle Crown Court heard Dunn launched four fire extinguishers, one of which hit an officer on the leg, hurled a metal chair and a traffic cone during the trouble.

Dunn, who is 26, admitted riot and has been jailed for 32 months.

The court heard he has been in no trouble before or since and handed in character references.

Ian West, defending, said Dunn had been working away in London and had given a pal a lift back to Sunderland, where he saw what was going on in the city.

Mr West said Dunn was initially “spectating and then filming” before he got involved.

Judge Edward Bindloss said Dunn, of Highland Gardens, had contacted a different friend when he saw the protest in Sunderland and gone to pick him up.

The judge said: “The two of you chose to go back, you didn’t need to, you could have just gone home.

“Once you were there you saw the disorder and chose to remain, you could have left when you saw how serious this was.

Sunderland Echo