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  • Andrew Stewart, 37-years-old, of Anlaby Road in Hull was charged with violent disorder in connection with the incident. He pleaded guilty at an earlier court hearing and has received two and a half years in prison
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  • Brandon Kirkwood, 20-years-old, of Downing Grove in Hull was charged with violent disorder and pleaded guilty to the offence. He has been given two and a half years in prison
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Brandon Kirkwood
  • Christoper Douglas, 35-years-old, of Avenues Court in Hull was charged with violent disorder and pleaded guilty. He has been handed a two year, eight month sentence
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  • Connor Whiteley, 26-years-old, of Park Row, Hull was charged with violent disorder and assault emergency worker in connection with the incident and was sentenced to three years behind bars. He was also handed a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order
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  • John Honey, 25 years old, of Park Grove, Hull pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary, violent disorder and racially aggravated criminal damage and was sentenced to four and a half years. He was also issued a five-year criminal behaviour order
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  • David Wilkinson, 48 years old, of Lorraine Street, Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder, racially aggravated criminal damage and attempted arson and was sentenced to six years. He was also issued a five-year criminal behaviour order
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  • Steven Love, 41 years old, of Middleton Street, Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to three years, four months. Love was also issued a five-year criminal behaviour disorder
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  • John Nunan, 36 years old, of Hermes Close, Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to two years
  • Travis Whitelock, 23 years old, of Brisbane Street, Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to two years
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  • Corey Holloway, 20 years old, of Belmont Street, Scunthorpe pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to one year six months
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  • Stuart Randall, 55-years-old, of Jervis Road in Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and racially aggravated criminal damage and was sentenced to three years in prison and handed a five-year criminal behaviour order on his release
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  • William Riley, 64-years-old, of St Aidans Way in Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assault of an emergency worker and was sentenced to 18 months in prison
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  • David Buckle, 39-years-old, of Southgate Way, Hull, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and has been jailed for three years and was handed a five-year criminal behaviour order
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  • Jermaine Glover, 23-years-old, of Cranswick Grove, Hull, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and arson. He has been jailed for two years and was handed a five-year criminal behaviour order
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Jermaine Glover
  • Jordan Murray, 26-years-old, of Grasby Road, Hull, pleaded guilty to violent disorder, two counts of burglary and possession of a class B drug. He has been jailed for two years and was handed a five-year criminal behaviour order
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  • Michael Campbell, 56-years-old, of Icelandic Close in Hull was sentenced to one year and eight months after pleading guilty to violent disorder
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  • Jarrod Farrah, 32-years-old, of Portobello Street in Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was given two-years behind bars and handed a six-year criminal behaviour order
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Jarrod Farrah
  • Daniel Mennell, 36-years-old, of Belmont Street in Hull was sentenced to two years and three months after pleading guilty to violent disorder
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  • Jackie Miller, 57-years-old, of South Garth, Little Weighton pleaded guilty to racially aggravated threatening behaviour and was sentenced to eight months
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  • Ben Chapman, 20-years-old, of Stockleigh Close pleaded guilty to violent disorder. He was jailed for 32 months and given a 5-year criminal behaviour order
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  • Joshua Hobman, 33-years-old, of Wenlock Street pleaded guilty to violent disorder. He was jailed for two years
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  • Scott Rushworth, 33-years-old, of Lambwath Hall Court in Hull pleaded guilty to violent disorder and has been given two years and four months behind bars. He was also handed a five-year criminal behaviour order
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  • Abderrahim Elmuoden, 20-years-old, of Wimslow Close in North Tyneside pleaded guilty to violent disorder, two counts of burglary, racially aggravated criminal damage, and arson. He was sentenced to three years and nine months in in prison
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  • Declan Wild, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to violent disorder, racially aggravated assault, burglary and two counts of assault of an emergency worker
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  • Jordan Shaw, 19-years-old, of Ilthorpe, Hull, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assault of an emergency worker.
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A refugee has been jailed for attacking a car and setting tyres on fire during recent disorder.

Abderrahim Elmuoden, 20, of Wilmslow Close in North Tyneside, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated criminal damage, violent disorder, arson and two counts of burglary following the disorder in Hull city centre on 3 August.

Elmuoden, who fled Morocco for a new life in the UK, was sentenced to 45 months in prison at Hull Crown Court earlier.

Judge John Thackray KC said the defendant’s “particular part” in “12 hours of hate-fuelled mob violence” included attacking a car with a shopping trolley while three men inside “feared for their lives”.

Elmuoden was also seen on CCTV throwing tyres on a fire outside a garage and “left them to burn”, where nearby the judge said “the occupants, including children, were left to cower”.

Prosecutor Jeremy Evans also showed footage of Elmuoden, who appeared in court with the support of an interpreter, looting the O2 and Shoezone stores.

In mitigation for Elmuoden, barrister Rachel Scott said he had left Morocco after his mother died in 2021, as he had no other family there.

She said he was “sorry for his offending” and “in his own words, has ruined his life”.

She told the court he had been in Hull to visit his fiancée, and had been drinking before heading to meet a friend, at which point he got “caught up” in the disorder.

Mrs Scott told the court her client “did not hold racist views” and was now worried about his status as a refugee following the conviction.

Also jailed for his part in the disorder was Scott Rushworth, 33, of Lambwath Hall Court in Hull.

Appearing at Hull Crown Court earlier for sentencing having previously pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder, the court heard Rushworth had been part of of a group who attacked a police officer and took their shield.

Rushworth could be seen posing with the shield on CCTV footage shown in court.

In mitigation for Rushworth, his defence barrister said their client was an “excellent father” who “did not hold racist views”, but was “disgusted by himself” for the part he played in the disorder.

Sentencing Rushworth to 28 months in prison, Judge Thackray said the footage he had seen was “horrifying and depressing”, and said 11 officers had been injured in the disorder – including one who had been “permanently scarred”.

The judge said Rushworth, who had a history of offending including a football banning order, was “at one point at the front of the disorder”, and was “in the thick of it” when the officer was “tackled to the ground”.

Rushworth also received a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), banning him from gathering with others in a way people might find intimidating.

Orders removed and adjusted

Also at Hull Crown Court earlier, several defendants who were previously handed CBOs had them removed.

The review came after it was highlighted to the judge that many of the defendants did not meet the criteria as their previous offending did not warrant it.

Judge Thackray removed five-year CBOs previously handed out to the following defendants:

John Honey, 25

Stuart Randall, 55

Connor Whitely, 26

Jermaine Glover, 23

Jordan Murray, 26

Two defendants, David Buckle, 39, and Steven Love, 41, had their orders upheld but the date of the orders was brought back to the day they were sentenced rather than the date they leave prison.

One defendant, Christopher Douglas, 35, needed his order changed by Judge Bury, so a hearing was arranged for 9 September.

One final defendant, David Wilkinson, 46, did not appear for the hearing so will be called back at a later date for his hearing.

BBC News


Hull Crown Court has been busy as people involved in the disorder on August 3 are sentenced for their actions

These are the people who have so far been locked up for a total of more than 50 years for their roles in the “ugly mob violence” and “mass stupidity” that brought horrific scenes to Hull city centre.

In the three weeks since the shameful disturbances on Saturday, August 3, dozens of suspects have been arrested, with many charged and more than 20 have so far been sentenced for taking part in the disorder.

During the riot, a police officer was permanently scarred during angry clashes with officers, thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to streets and shops – some of which were also raided and looted – and fires were started.

On Tuesday, Humberside Police Assistant Chief Constable Thom McLoughlin said: “We are still investigating the disorder and violence that hit the streets of Hull City Centre earlier this month and we are continuing to pursue those who were involved and brought chaos to our city that night.”

These are the offenders who have so far been locked up for their roles in the disorder after appearing at Hull Crown Court:

David Wilkinson – jailed for six years

David Wilkinson
David Wilkinson (Image: Humberside Police)

David Wilkinson, 48, of Lorraine Street, Hull, admitted violent disorder, attempted arson and causing racially aggravated criminal damage.

The court heard that Wilkinson was at the front of a group that confronted police outside the Royal Hotel, in Ferensway. He threw missiles towards police and spat at officers. He held a weapon that looked like a martial arts nunchuck.

Wilkinson forcefully pushed two large wheelie bins towards police. He was seen trying to set fire to a bin on top of a pile of tyres at a garage in the Milky Way area and he was part of a group that attacked a car containing three European men.

John Honey – jailed for four years and eight months

John Honey
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John Honey, 25, off Park Grove, off Princes Avenue, west Hull, admitted six offences, including three of burglary that featured a break-in at the Lush shop in Jameson Street, involving stealing bath and cosmetic products, as well as raids on the nearby Shoezone and O2 shops, both with intent to steal.

The troublemaker and looter boasted he was “famous” – and asked a probation officer if she wanted his autograph – after he was repeatedly pictured wearing a distinctive St George’s Cross shirt “all over social media” at numerous places around Hull city centre during the disorder.

Honey admitted his key role in the large-scale disturbance, including an incident in which a BMW car was badly damaged along with criminal damage to nine vehicles, including a Ford C-Max, a Renault Clio, a VW Passat, a Jeep, a Seat Leon, a BMW 520d, an Audi A4, a Chevrolet and a Skoda Octavia.

Steven Love – jailed for three years and four months

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Steven Love, 41, of Middleton Street, off Spring Bank, Hull, admitted violent disorder.

Love was at the front of the group in Ferensway and he played a prominent role in the violence. He threw missiles and picked up an empty wheelie bin and hurled it at the line of police.

Love was bitten by a police dog and he was taken to hospital for treatment.

Stuart Randall – jailed for three years

Stuart Randall
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Stuart Randall, 55, of Jervis Road, off Holderness Road, east Hull, admitted violent disorder, burglary at the O2 and Lush stores, two offences of causing racially aggravated criminal damage and another of causing criminal damage at Specsavers and Holland and Barrett.

Randall was “front and central” throughout in the violence and public disorder. He waved a police shield and behaved erratically in Ferensway and he pushed a burning bin towards police in Jameson Street.

At a garage in the Milky Way area, he used a sledgehammer to smash vehicles. The owner and his family barricaded themselves inside the garage until managing to escape to a nearby garden.

In Jameson Street, Randall used a bar stool ten times to damage a window at Specsavers, causing it to shatter, and he used a fire extinguisher to smash glass at Holland and Barrett. Randall was prominent in the looting of O2 and Lush.

Connor Whiteley – jailed for three years

Connor Whiteley admitted violent disorder and assaulting a police officer on August 3
Connor Whiteley (Image: Humberside Police)

Connor Whiteley, 26, of Park Row, off Park Street, Hull, admitted violent disorder and assaulting a police officer as an emergency worker.

The father-of-three was part of the “utterly deplorable, disgusting public disorder” that was shown in shocking video pictures to the court that were “depressing and horrifying” to watch.

He kicked a policewoman to the ground during a nasty confrontation and he was also part of throwing missiles at police and the looting of cars that were parked at a garage where nine vehicles were damaged.

David Buckle – jailed for three years

David Buckle has been jailed for three years
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David Buckle, 39, of Southgate Way, off Saltshouse Road, east Hull, admitted violent disorder.

Buckle was prominent at the front of a group outside the Royal Hotel, and he was “draped in an England flag and a camouflage balaclava”. He was aggressive and abusive and he was shouting and gesturing towards police and throwing missiles.

He was arrested on the day of the disorder and bailed but he later handed himself in.

Ben Chapman – sent to a young offenders’ institution for two years and eight months

Ben Chapman admitted violent disorder
Ben Chapman (Image: Humberside Police)

Ben Chapman, 20, of Stockleigh Close, Bransholme, Hull, admitted violent disorder. He was in breach of a community order imposed in June for offences including assaulting police. The sentence included a consecutive four months for assaulting a police officer as part of breaching the community order.

The court heard that Chapman threw “multiple” missiles, including a bottle and a can, at police, as well as a sandbag, which “did not make it very far” and hit a fence. He was “right in the thick of it” through his behaviour and he was “needling” police officers.

Chapman had a branch in his hand, trying to use it to hit the police, and he unsuccessfully tried with others to remove a bin from the ground by kicking and pulling it. He was masked at times.

Christopher Douglas – jailed for two years and eight months

Christopher Douglas
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Christopher Douglas, 35, of Avenues Court, off Victoria Avenue, west Hull, admitted violent disorder and possessing cannabis.

Douglas was “front and central” in the trouble and was seen throwing missiles at the police, pushing officers, shouting abuse and being aggressive. He was “grandstanding” by holding a police riot shield and “triumphantly waving it above his head, to the obvious delight of the crowd”.

Douglas threw a bag of rubbish at the line of police and he was one of two or three people at the centre of the crowd aggressively throwing objects and being abusive.

Andrew Stewart – jailed for two-and-a-half years

Andrew Stewart was sentenced to two and a half years in prison
Andrew Stewart (Image: Humberside Police)

Andrew Stewart, 37, of Anlaby Road, west Hull, admitted violent disorder. He threw bottles and stones, some of which hit the protective shields of police officers, and he was running towards them and back. He pushed a large burning bin towards police near the hotel but there was no evidence that he set the bin alight.

Stewart played a part in directing the looting of shops such as the O2 phone shop, where an estimated £40,000 worth of phones were stolen.

Brandon Kirkwood – sent to a young offenders’ institution for two-and-a-half years

Brandon Kirkwood was sentenced to two and a half years
Brandon Kirkwood (Image: Humberside Police)

Brandon Kirkwood, 20, of Downing Grove, off Preston Road, east Hull, admitted violent disorder. He was “front and central” in the disorder, shouted abuse, threw multiple objects towards police and pushed a large blue rubbish container in Ferensway near the Royal Hotel.

Daniel Mennell – jailed for two years and three months

Daniel Mennell
Daniel Mennell (Image: Humberside Police)

Daniel Mennell, 36, of Belmont Street, Hull, admitted violent disorder. He played a prominent role in the disturbance outside the Royal Hotel and he picked up rocks and stones from shrubbery opposite the hotel before throwing them towards police. He joined a line of other people and took a selfie picture at the hotel.

John Nunan – jailed for two years

John Nunan, 36, of Hermes Close, east Hull, admitted violent disorder. He played a prominent role throughout and aggressively confronted police near Queen Victoria Square and in Ferensway. He threw multiple missiles, including a glass bottle, towards police and pushed a large wheelie bin towards them.

Travis Whitelock – jailed for two years

Travis Whitelock
Travis Whitelock (Image: Humberside Police)

Travis Whitelock , 23, of Brisbane Street, off Hessle Road, west Hull, admitted violent disorder. He played a prominent role throughout and pushed a street litter bin onto a burning pile of rubbish on the ground. He threw missiles and pushed a large wheelie bin – with its contents on fire – towards police. He kicked a moving police van.

Jermaine Glover – jailed for two years

Jermaine Glover has been jailed for two years
Jermaine Glover (Image: Humberside Police)

Jermaine Glover, 23, of Cranswick Grove, off Marfleet Lane, east Hull, admitted violent disorder and arson. He was aggressive towards police outside the Royal Hotel and he was shouting and gesturing and helping others to push bins into a police cordon. He threw missiles, including a bottle, and he was rushing towards and barging police and encouraging others.

Outside a garage in the Milky Way area, a fire had already started but Glover put a pallet onto a pile and he also put tyres on top of a cordon of tyres created by those involved in the disorder.

Jordan Murray – jailed for two years

Jordan Murray has been jailed for two years
Jordan Murray (Image: Humberside Police)

Jordan Murray, 26, of Grasby Road, off Holderness Road, east Hull, admitted violent disorder, two offences of burglary at the O2 and Greggs stores, and another offence of possessing cannabis.

He was “persistently” in various locations during the trouble and he was prominent at the front of the group in Jameson Street, running at police with a long metal bench, which he threw towards the line of police.

He behaved aggressively to police throughout and he was present when a garage was targeted in the Milky Way area. Those at the garage, including children, barricaded themselves inside and were in fear for their safety.

Jarrod Farrah – jailed for two years

Jarrod Farrah admitted violent disorder in Hull city centre on August 3
Jarrod Farrah (Image: Humberside Police)

Jarrod Farrah, 32, of Portobello Street, Hull, admitted violent disorder. He was outside the Royal Hotel and he lunged towards police in an aggressive way in Queen Victoria Square. He was with others who threw missiles but he did not do so himself and he was at the front of the group. He gestured and shouted and moved towards the police and lunged towards them.

Joshua Hobman – jailed for two years

Joshua Hobman admitted violent disorder
Joshua Hobman admitted violent disorder (Image: Humberside Police)

Joshua Hobman, 33, of Wenlock Street, west Hull, admitted violent disorder.

t disorder. He threw missiles in Ferensway, including a drinks can, and he punched out at police. He was “in the thick of it” during disturbances and he was also near shops that had been looted.

Hobman had been “milling about” for much of the time but he did throw a can of alcohol, which he bitterly regretted, the court heard.

Michael Campbell – jailed for 20 months

Michael Campbell admitted violent disorder in Hull city centre on August 3
Michael Campbell (Image: Humberside Police)

Michael Campbell, 56, of Icelandic Close, Hull, admitted violent disorder. He was at the front of a group of people confronting police outside the Royal Hotel. He was aggressive towards police and was shouting and gesturing.

He used a bicycle as a “barricade” and to fend off a police dog. He was bitten by the dog on his right lower leg.

William Riley – jailed for 18 months

William Riley
William Riley (Image: Humberside Police)

William Riley , 64, of St Aidan’s Way, off Preston Road, east Hull, admitted violent disorder and assaulting a police officer as an emergency worker. He was part of a crowd acting aggressively and he threw eggs as well as handing them out to others, who were also being aggressive. He shouted abuse to police.

Riley punched another man in the face area and, when he was detained at a multistorey car park in George Street, he moved towards a police officer, and shouted “What do you want?”

Riley rushed at him “in a fighting stance” before punching him in the jaw, causing no injury. He was “brought under control” shortly afterwards. He later claimed that he was acting in self-defence.

Corey Holloway – sent to a young offenders’ institution for 18 months

Corey Holloway
Corey Holloway (Image: Humberside Police)

Corey Holloway , 20, of Belmont Street, Scunthorpe, admitted violent disorder. He played a prominent role confronting police in Ferensway and he was violent and aggressive towards officers. He armed himself with a traffic cone and threw it towards police. He took hold of a rubbish container and pushed it towards police.

Jackie Miller – jailed for eight months

Jackie Miller is the first woman to be locked up at Hull Crown Court over the August 3 riot
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Jackie Miller, 57, of South Garth, Little Weighton, near Skidby, admitted using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour. The mother-of-three and grandmother became the first woman to be locked up at Hull Crown Court after the disturbances in the city centre.

She shouted repeated racist comments about “P***s” because she was angry that her car window had been broken during a “truly shocking” confrontation. She got “carried away” because she was annoyed that police were seemingly doing nothing about the damage to the car, the court heard.

She clapped towards the crowd and said: “This is your police force, everybody.” She asked the police why they did not go and “pepper spray a P***”. She told them: “You are just as bad as the P***s. You don’t look after your own.” She told the crowd: “They don’t look after their own.”

Hull Daily Mail

‘Keyboard warrior’ Julie Sweeney sentenced to 15 months on busy day for rioting cases in England’s courts

A 53-year-old woman who lived a “quiet, sheltered” life has been jailed for 15 months for posting a comment on Facebook which said: “Blow the mosque up with the adults in it.”

Julie Sweeney, of Church Lawton, Cheshire, pleaded guilty at Chester crown court to sending a communication to convey a threat of death or serious harm.

She was part of a Facebook community group which had 5,100 members. Responding to a photograph which showed a number of white and Asian people involved in the clean-up after disorder in Southport, she posted: “It’s absolutely ridiculous. Don’t protect the mosques. Blow the mosque up with the adults in it.”

Sentencing, Judge Steven Everett, the honorary recorder of Chester, said in circumstances such as these “even people like you need to go to prison”.

He jailed her for 15 months, telling her: “You should have been looking at the news and media with horror like every right-minded person. Instead, you chose to take part in stirring up hatred.

“You had a big audience. You threatened a mosque … It truly was a terrible threat.”

The judge said “so-called keyboard warriors” like Sweeney “have to learn to take responsibility for their language – particularly in the context of the disorder that was going on around the country”.

The court heard that Sweeney was the primary carer for her husband, who wrote a “heart-rending” letter to the judge.

John Keane, defending, said Sweeney accepted she had been stupid.

“This was a single comment on a single day,” he said. “She lives a quiet, sheltered life in Cheshire and has not troubled the courts in her long life. Her character references show she lives a kind and compassionate lifestyle.”

Sweeney was sentenced on another busy day in England’s courts as cases were fast-tracked after the riots.

At Hull crown court a judge said prosecutors should consider charging offenders who played a central role in the rioting with an offence that carries a longer jail term.

Judge John Thackray KC, the recorder of Hull, said the charge of rioting, with a maximum jail term of 10 years, should sometimes be used as an alternative to a charge of violent disorder, with a maximum term of five years.

He made the comment as he jailed for three years a man who kicked a female police officer to the ground and damaged cars.

Connor Whiteley, 26, was said to have played a “prominent role” in the “racist, hate-fuelled mob violence” that unfolded in the city on 3 August.

Hull crown court heard he was at the front of a group confronting police who were trying to protect a hotel known to house asylum seekers, and was seen charging at officers.

He was also part of a group that targeted a garage, setting cars alight and threatening staff, who were forced to lock themselves inside.

Whiteley pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker.

The court heard he kicked the shield of a female police officer, forcing her off her feet and leaving her with a minor injury to her elbow and forearm.

While the violence was taking place, the judge said: “Members of the public, including children, were terrified and cowering only 20 metres away whilst threats were being made to kill them.”

The judge added: “The prosecution do need to look – for those who are playing front and central roles – at the alternative charge of riot rather than violent disorder.”

At Sheffield crown court a 49-year-old father of three, Trevor Lloyd, was jailed for three years for his part in the mob storming of a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, which housed asylum seekers.

The court was shown TikTok footage of the crowd breaking in to the hotel, bringing items including furniture and fire extinguishers outside and then throwing them at a line of police officers holding riot shields who were forced to retreat.

The recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC – who has already sentenced several people in connection with the Rotherham incident – said this was the “worst footage I have seen”.

Police chiefs said the number of arrests from the recent riots and disorder had topped 1,000.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said on Wednesday that 1,024 people had been arrested and 575 charged. It expects the arrests to continue for months.

The Guardian

A man who kicked a female police officer to the ground and joined an attack on a garage which left nine cars damaged during riots in Hull has been jailed for three years.

Connor Whiteley, 26, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker after playing a “prominent role” in the “racist, hate-fuelled mob violence” that unfolded in the city on August 3.

He was jailed on Wednesday as the judge encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the disorder with rioting, which has a maximum sentence of 10 years – double the potential tariff for violent disorder convictions.

Hull Crown Court heard Whiteley was at the front of a group confronting police who were trying to protect a hotel known to house asylum seekers, and was seen charging at officers.

The court heard he kicked the shield of a female police officer, forcing her off her feet and leaving her with a minor injury to her elbow and forearm.

Whiteley was also part of a group that targeted a garage, setting cars alight and shouting threats at staff, who were forced to lock themselves inside.

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