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Five men who appeared in the dock after Middlesbrough and Hartlepool riots

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August 13, 2024
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The men faced a range of charges including burglary and possession of a controlled drug

Five men have appeared in court in connection with the recent disorder in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough.

The men attended Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday, August 12, after being charged by Cleveland Police with a range of offences following the violence which erupted in Hartlepool on Wednesday, July 31, and in Middlesbrough last Sunday, August 4.

The court appearances follow violence across the country in protests organised by far right and anti-immigration groups. See details of the cases below:

Evan James Wilkins-Doyle, 19, of The Spinney, Hartlepool appeared at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday charged with violent disorder. It is alleged that on July 31, on Murray Street, Hartlepool, he used or threatened unlawful violence when present together with others being three or more persons. Wilkins-Doyle did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Crown Court on August 29.

Bradley Playford, 24, of Shelley Road, Middlesbrough, indicated a guilty plea to burglary at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He is accused of entering the Red Lantern takeaway on Parliament Road and stealing the till. The incident reportedly took place on Sunday, August 4, as far-right protesters stormed the streets. He was remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Crown Court on Friday, August 16.

Middlesbrough’s Noman Ahmed appeared in the dock at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with violent disorder in Middlesbrough. Ahmed, 24, indicated a guilty plea following an alleged incident on Sunday, August 4. The Harrow Road defendant was granted conditional bail to appear at Teesside Crown Court on August 15.

Matthew Putson, 27, indicated guilty pleas to violent disorder and assault by beating after far-right riots in Middlesbrough. According to the charge, on August 4, in Middlesbrough, he used or threatened unlawful violence when present together with others being three or more persons. The Palmer Street, Middlesbrough, was remanded in court to appear at Teesside Crown Court on Friday, August 16.

Declan Dixon, 22, of Salisbury Avenue, Hindley, Wigan, appeared at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday accused of possession of cocaine and violent disorder in Hartlepool. The alleged offences took place on July 31, as protesters stormed the streets of Hartlepool. The defendant indicated guilty pleas and was remanded in custody until Thursday August 15, where he will appear at Teesside Crown Court.
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Facebook user first to be jailed for stirring up racial hatred following riots

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August 9, 2024
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Jordan Parlour admitted urging others to attack a hotel housing over 200 asylum seekers and refugees.



A Facebook user who encouraged people to attack a hotel housing asylum seekers has become the first person to be jailed for stirring up racial hatred following widespread disorder across the country.

Jordan Parlour, 28, admitted posting on the social media platform between August 1 and August 5 urging others to target the building in Leeds, which at the time was housing more than 200 asylum seekers and refugees.

The hotel manager put the building into lockdown on Saturday due to the disorder in the city, and at least one window was broken after stones were thrown over the weekend.

On Friday, Parlour, of Seacroft, Leeds, was jailed for 20 months at Leeds Crown Court.

He is one of two men who faced jail on Friday for stirring up racial hatred, as 26-year-old Tyler Kay is due to appear at Northampton Crown Court charged with publishing written material which was threatening, abusive or insulting, intending thereby to stir up racial hatred.

Kay’s online posts are also connected to the widespread disorder, and he was previously remanded in custody.

The pair are two of a handful of cases in which suspects have been charged with stirring up racial hatred since the widespread disorder began.

Elsewhere, former Labour councillor Ricky Jones, 57, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after being charged with one count of encouraging violent disorder after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a London demonstration on Wednesday evening.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said: “Jones was filmed addressing a crowd in Walthamstow on Wednesday August 7 during which he appeared to make remarks and a gesture to encourage others to act violently towards far-right protestors.”

In another first since the recent widespread disorder began, a man who encouraged people to start a riot on social media became the first person from Wales to be convicted.

Richard Williams, 34, of Buckley, Flintshire, posted about taking part in a riot and shared a derogatory meme about migrants in a local Facebook group dedicated to protests, Mold Magistrates’ Court heard.

Williams pleaded guilty to one count of sending menacing messages via a public communication network and will be sentenced on Friday afternoon.

Joining Parlour at Leeds Crown Court were Sameer Ali, 21, and Adnan Ghafoor, 31, who were jailed for 20 months and 18 months respectively for an attack on “pro-EDL” protesters after rival demonstrations in the city.

The court was shown CCTV footage of a group of Asian men kicking and punching a smaller group of four white men, one of whom was draped in a Union flag and wearing a Union flag mask, on Saturday.

Four people also face jail at Newcastle Crown Court following violent disorder in Sunderland.

In Southampton, Ryan Wheatley, 40, pleaded guilty to assault by beating of a police officer at a protest in the city on Wednesday.

Gareth Metcalfe, 44, admitted violent disorder in his home town of Southport on Tuesday, the day after three girls were killed in a fatal knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club.

At Inner London Crown Court, Ozzie Cush will be sentenced for assaulting an emergency worker in Westminster on July 30.

Teesside Crown Court will see three Middlesbrough rioters and one Darlington rioter face prison sentences and in Sheffield, Kenzie Roughley, 18, will be sentenced for violent disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

Suspected rioters will also be appearing in magistrates courts across the country, including in Liverpool, Llandudno, South Tyneside and Wirral.

At least a dozen people were jailed on Thursday for their part in the riots of the past 10 days.

The Prime Minister said swift justice, including sentencing, has been a deterrent to more violent disorder.
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Man admits ‘barrelling into police officer’ during Southampton protest

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August 9, 2024
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Ryan Wheatley is facing a custodial sentence after pleading guilty to assault by beating of a police officer who he “barrelled” into at a protest in Southampton. The 40-year-old, of Malvern Close, Fair Oak, admitted running into Sergeant Rob Perry at the demonstration on Wednesday.

Leah Dillon, prosecuting, told Southampton Magistrates’ Court, that the defendant had attended the protest wearing a mask and a hooded top with an England flag draped over his shoulders. She said that he was part of a small group of anti-immigrant protesters who were confronted by a group of about 400 counter protesters.

Ms Dillon described how Wheatley was spotted by Sgt Perry leaving the group and attempting to run at the counter-demonstration. She said that he stepped in to intervene when the defendant ran straight into him.

She said that the officer sprayed Wheatley with an incapacitant spray and he was arrested. Ms Dillon said that he accepted in interview that he had “barrelled into the officer”.

Barry Keel, defending, said that Wheatley, who is unemployed, had expressed remorse for his actions and added: “He accepts he has let himself down, his family down, he is a family man with children and grandchildren.”

District Judge Tim Pattinson committed the case for sentencing at Southampton Crown Court on Monday, August 12, and remanded Wheatley in custody until then.

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Man jailed for pregnant woman attack at Bletchley Co-op

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May 22, 2017
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David Gallacher was described by the judge as a "shabby racist" and a "thug"

David Gallacher was described by the judge as a “shabby racist” and a “thug”

A “shabby racist” who repeatedly kicked a pregnant Muslim woman, resulting in her losing her unborn baby, has been jailed for almost four years.

David Gallacher, 37, of no fixed address, attacked Samsam Haji-Ali, 34, and her husband outside a Co-op in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, in August.

He admitted actual bodily harm, assault by beating and two counts of racially or religiously aggravated assault.

The judge called him a “thug and a racist to boot.”

Aylesbury Crown Court heard Somali Ms Haji-Ali was racially abused by Gallacher in the Water Eaton Road shop on 4 August.

He swore at her and said: “You come here with your clown outfit on…”

As her husband Abdullah Sulamain, 40, attempted to calm him down in the car park outside, Gallacher hit him on the head with a bottle of wine and a bag of ice.

He then kicked Ms Haji-Ali in the stomach.

Judge Francis Sheridan said: “She told him she was pregnant and he continued to kick her again, after he was told she was pregnant.

“She is left rolling around on the ground in agony and later found there is bleeding, before she lost the baby.”

Ms Haji-Ali miscarried on 24 August

Judge Sheridan said her pregnancy had been “absolutely fine” before the attack, and in his view “the loss of that baby was a direct result of a kick to the stomach of a pregnant woman”.

He told Gallacher: “There was a racial element to this attack.

“The defendant is a shabby racist on the language that he used towards this lady.

“It is time you learnt that your vile conduct and abhorrent views are a thing of the past.”

Gallacher admitted two counts of racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm and three counts of assaulting a police officer during his arrest in September last year.

He was jailed for three years and seven months for the race attacks and four months for the officer assault, to run consecutively.

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Byker EDL firework thug gets suspended sentence

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July 18, 2013
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AN EDL thug who stormed a peaceful protest before hurling a lit firework has walked free from court

English Defence League member Anthony Crawford

English Defence League member Anthony Crawford

Anthony Crawford sparked pandemonium when he lobbed the explosive at anti-jubilee protesters as they gathered for a rally in Newcastle city centre.

It landed in the hood worn by Barnaby Drew, from Byker, Newcastle, who was left with burns after it exploded on his shoulder and set fire to his hair.

The 19-year-old’s pals patted down his body to stop it spreading, and the force of the blast burned a hole in his jumper. He was left partially deafened when the firework perforated his eardrum.

But now, after admitting one charge of assault by beating, Crawford, 22, of Elmway, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, has escaped a prison term after magistrates handed him a 15-week suspended sentence.

And they ordered Crawford to pay his victim £150 in compensation for the terrifying incident. Crawford joined a group of EDL protesters at the Rose & Crown pub, on Newcastle’s Newgate Street, for a pre-arranged meeting on June 4.

Later he sparked mayhem when he threw two bottles and the firecracker as trouble flared during scuffles in front of shoppers at Newcastle’s Grey’s Monument where the EDL and anti-jubilee protesters clashed.

Sue Baker, prosecuting, told Newcastle Magistrates’ Court: “He’s thrown two bottles of water at the protestors and then a firework which caused minor injuries to Barnaby Drew.”

Crawford’s legal team told the court he was handed the lit firework before throwing it into the crowd and he had not intended to cause injury.

Crawford, who works two days a week as a volunteer, admitted one charge of assault by beating and one count of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence.

He was handed two 15-week sentences to run concurrently, suspended for 12 months.

He was also ordered to carry out 100 hours’ unpaid work and was made the subject of a 12-month supervision order.

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