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Six more sentenced for their parts in violent Rotherham riots – including teen turned in by brother

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August 22, 2024
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Among them is a teenager turned in by his own brother

Six more people have appeared in court to be sentenced for their role in the disgraceful riots at the Holiday Inn in Manvers earlier this month.

David Chadwick will now spend more than the next two years behind bars reflecting on his disgraceful behaviour which involved him throwing a large plank of wood at officers. Chadwick was then caught on CCTV throwing a can of alcohol into a police van.

The 36-year-old, of Furlong Road in Barnsley was jailed for two years and eight months when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday. His co-defendant, Lee Crisps, 42, was also jailed for his role in the violence outside the hotel on August 4.

Crisps, of Mount Road in Grimethorpe, was seen verbally abusing the occupants of the hotel, and attempted to kick the officers in the cordon before he was arrested at the scene. He was jailed for three years and four months.

Alfie Conway, 19, was also put behind bars after he left a police officer “seriously fearing” for his safety when he began launching bricks and stones at him. Conway, of Park Avenue in South Kirby, Pontefract, was seen repeatedly throwing missiles at the officers protecting the hotel.

He was jailed for two years and three months in a Young Offender’s Institution and handed a 10-year criminal behaviour order

Liam Gray was also part of the group and was jailed for three years in a Young Offenders’ Institution. The 20-year-old, of Manderson Drive in Rotherham helped attack officers protecting the hotel. He resisted arrest and attempted to assault a police constable who said he believed Gray was “intent on causing serious harm” to him.

Two teenagers – a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy – were also sentenced on Tuesday. The 17-year-old will spend his 18th birthday under a detention order after taking part in the violence. He was recorded wearing a face covering throwing large pieces of wood panelling at officers to break the police cordon.

The boy’s decision to then pull his face covering down to shout abuse at officers ultimately led to his face being captured in an online video. This resulted in him being handed in by his own brother.

He was handed a 16-month detention and training order at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court. The 16-year-old was seen by an officer throwing missiles and bottles towards police and police dogs. After being arrested, the boy claimed he had gone for a peaceful protest but it ‘just kicked off’.

This excuse didn’t stop him facing the courts, and after pleading guilty to violent disorder, the 16-year-old was referred to Barnsley Youth Offending Service youth offender panel for a contract having effect for 12 months.

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Factory worker jailed for role in riot at Rotherham asylum seeker hotel

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August 20, 2024
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Lee Crisp given sentence of more than three years for ‘high octane’ abuse of police and egging on crowd

A man who shouted abuse at police guarding a hotel housing asylum seekers and celebrated as missiles were thrown at officers has been jailed for three years and four months, as more people were sentenced for their part in the riots on Tuesday.

Sheffield crown court heard that Lee Crisp, 42, of Mount Road, Barnsley, was part of a group that gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham.

The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, said the “high octane” abuse dished out by the factory worker encouraged the crowd, adding: “You were leading the way in all of this, in four separate incidents.”

Several other people alleged to have been involved have been remanded in custody charged with offences linked to the disorder.

Jake Turton, 38, is due to face trial in December. Turton, of Darfield, Barnsley, is accused of driving a pickup truck to rioting outside the hotel.

He is alleged to have driven the Ford Ranger truck to the Holiday Inn Express on 4 August, from which protesters took wood and other debris to use as weapons against the police.

Turton did not enter a plea to the charges of violent disorder, taking a vehicle without consent and having no insurance.

He was remanded in custody and a trial date was set for 16 December.

In Staffordshire, David Jordan was jailed for 28 months after being captured on video outside the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth throwing something – which he claims was an apple core – in the direction of the hotel as he shouted expletives and racist slurs.

The father of four, of Tamworth Road, Tamworth, also messaged a contact on Facebook on 5 August asking them to spread the word that some asylum seekers had been moved to a different hotel.

Jordan pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Stafford crown court. Sentencing him, Judge John Edwards said: “You rightly hung your head in shame as we watched the video. I have looked with care at the footage. You are front and centre of this baying mob for an hour and a half.”

At Bristol crown court, Craig Timbrell, 38, who took part in violent clashes with the police, was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Timbrell threw concrete blocks, bricks and bottles at police near the Mercure hotel, used to house asylum seekers, in the Redcliffe area of the city on 3 August.

Méabh McGee, prosecuting, said: “The situation escalated to the point where there was significant disorder and violence used towards officers, property and opposing groups.”

Also in Bristol, Bradley McCarthy, 34, was jailed for 20 months after being caught on video “threatening” opponents and shouting at the police, including at a police dog.

In London, Alfie Arrowsmith, 28, who yelled “Come on” and “Let’s have it” at police during unrest in Whitehall on 31 July, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment.

The roofer, who had been working as a traffic manager at the Ritz Hotel on the day of the protest, had previously pleaded guilty to one charge of violent disorder.

He wept in the dock as the footage of him repeatedly confronting police was played to Inner London crown court.

Bradley Halton, 28, of Hounslow, west London, was also sentenced to 16 months in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder.

The tree surgeon was filmed chanting “Who the fuck is Allah” and shouting racist remarks at police officers. Judge Vanessa Baraitser described the defendant’s comments as “racist” and “profoundly offensive”.

She told him: “Those who engage in such violence can expect to receive serious sentences to punish and deter people from taking part in similar behaviour.”

In Northern Ireland, Lennon Ashwood, 22, of Tavanagh Street, Belfast, was charged with 28 offences including riot, arson and assaulting a police officer.

Ashwood has been charged with four counts of riot on four occasions: 15 and 16 July, as well as 3 and 5 August.

Other charges include two counts of throwing petrol bombs, one charge of causing an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury, another for the attempted grievous bodily harm of a PSNI constable, and several counts of arson.

Disorder flared in the Sandy Row area of Belfast on 3 August, when businesses owned by members of ethnic minority communities were set alight and cars were set on fire.

Ashwood was remanded in custody and is next due to appear in court on 17 September.

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Man jailed for shouting at police dog and using racist slurs

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August 20, 2024
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A father of three who shouted at a police dog and used racist slurs has been jailed for 20 months for violent disorder.

Bradley McCarthy was sentenced on Tuesday after he was caught on video “threatening” left-wing protesters at an anti-immigration rally in Bristol.

Separately, more people were jailed for their role in riots targeting a hotel housing asylum seekers, which was set alight and police hit by bricks and bottles.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says 494 people have so far been charged in relation to the weeks-long unrest that broke out in England and Northern Ireland after a fatal stabbing attack in Southport in which three young girls died.

McCarthy, 34, had joined an anti-immigration march in Bristol which clashed with counter-protesters and police in Castle Park and on Bristol Bridge on 3 August.

Bristol Crown Court heard he played a “prominent” role in trying to goad police, and had “aggressively” shouted at a police dog.

“You did all this in a tinderbox atmosphere where it only takes the actions of one person to spark very serious group violence,” Judge Julian Lambert said.

McCarthy admitted violent disorder at a previous hearing. He has convictions for violence, weapons offences and public order.

Others were jailed for their actions during a riot that broke out outside a Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers on 4 August.

Apprentice bricklayer Alfie Conway, 19, from Pontefract, was jailed for two years and three months at Sheffield Crown Court.

He pleaded guilty to violent disorder after throwing missiles at police who were protecting the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers.

Lee Crisp, 42, was jailed for “actively encouraging” people who had gathered outside the hotel.

The factory worker told officers they should be “ashamed of themselves,” shouted “let’s go toe to toe” and made racist comments.

He was sentenced to three years and four months’ imprisonment and made subject of a criminal behaviour order for 10 years.

Crisp had previously claimed he accidentally got caught up in the riot when taking his mother for Sunday lunch.

Craig Timbrell, 38, of Hartcliffe, appeared at Bristol Crown Court, charged with violent disorder over his “prominent role” in the unrest.

He pleaded guilty to violent disorder after throwing concrete blocks, bricks and bottles at police near the hotel.

Emily Evans, defending, said Timbrell, of Hartcliffe, had been planning on attending a ticketed social event in the city centre with friends, but had been unable to gain entry and “couldn’t really explain” why he threw missiles at the police.

But Judge Lambert said the violence he had shown was “intense and shocking” and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison.

Liam Gray, 20, from Mexborough in Doncaster, was filmed aggressively pushing against a line of officers who were trying to disperse the 400-strong crowd at the Holiday Inn Express, in Rotherham.

He pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to three years in a young offender institution and made the subject of a criminal behaviour order for 10 years.

Ed Moss, defending, said his client’s family had been shocked when they learned of his involvement in the riot, adding: “Despite what it appears to everybody else, [they say] there isn’t a racist bone in his body.”

Meanwhile, roofer Alfie Arrowsmith, 28, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment for his role in unrest on Whitehall, central London, on 31 July.

He pleaded guilty to one charge of violent disorder after being filmed repeatedly confronting police and shouting “come on then” and “let’s have it”.

Some 494 people have been charged with offences related to the recent public disorder as of Tuesday, the CPS said.

As more people continue to be sentenced, concerns remain about the shortage of prison places available.

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens spoke to the BBC about Operation Early Dawn, which allows people to be held in police cells until prison space is freed up.

She said the measure would be “used for a matter of days or at the most months” because male prisons in some places were 99% full.

Asked about the maximum amount of time someone would be held in a police cell, Stevens said: “We would anticipate that this should be no longer than a day after being charged. That’s the basis on which we are working.”

On Tuesday, King Charles travelled to Southport to meet survivors of the Southport knife attack.

He visited the town hall where tributes had been left outside in memory of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, who were murdered in the attack.

The children were attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class when the alleged attacker entered the building and stabbed them.

Axel Rudakubana, who was aged 17 at the time, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. A motive for the attack has not been given, but it is not being treated as terror-related, police have said.

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