Rioters who wreaked havoc on Britain’s streets during a weekend of infamy following the Southport stabbings have been named and photographed.
This happened while the courts were busy all night trying hundreds of suspects.
The right-wing unrest has now been going on for a week, with unrest across England and parts of Northern Ireland. after three young girls were stabbed to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last Monday.
Police were injured during “ongoing violence” in Plymouth on Monday, while similar disorder on the streets in Darlington led to officers being pelted with stones.
Justice Minister Heidi Alexander said an additional 567 prisons would soon be put into service to combat riots.
Former Metropolitan Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson told LBC’s Nick Ferrari: “This is the ugly side of racism.
“Racism is not limited to the right or the left. Most of the thugs involved in this couldn’t even spell right or left, let alone think politically.”
Six people have been charged in connection with riots outside a hotel in Rotherham on Sunday, which was used to house asylum seekers.
On Monday, a 14-year-old boy admitted setting off fireworks at police in Liverpool city centre and was granted bail ahead of sentencing.
The teenager, whose father and uncle were on trial, has no previous convictions, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Iqbal Singh Kang, defending the case, said the boy had gone to catch a bus home, adding: “He did not go to the city centre with the intention of causing any kind of disturbance or increasing disorder.
“Without thinking about it, he got involved in something much more serious. It’s completely out of the blue.”
Another case in Liverpool involved a balaclava-wearing thug acting as a ‘lookout’ when a library was looted.
Adam Wharton, 28, of Selwyn Street, has admitted breaking into the Spellow Library in Walton after it was set on fire on Saturday night.
The father of one has 26 previous convictions and appeared in court in a grey tracksuit. He was attacked in the cell, suffering a bloody nose and eye injury.
His brother Ellis Wharton, 22, also pleaded guilty to breaking into the Spellow Library but denied assaulting a police officer. He was remanded in custody.
Father-of-three Derek Drummond, 58, from Southport, who shouted “s***houses” before punching PC Thomas Ball in the face, admitted assault and violent disorder.
Joshua Sanderson-Kirk, prosecuting, said that on July 30, PC Ball was called to a mosque on St Luke’s Road where a group of about 300 people arrived shouting: “This is our f****** country” and “You thugs”.
Stones were later thrown after a garden wall was knocked down, the court was told.
Two women sat in the back of the courtroom during the hearing, one in tears and the other blew Drummond a kiss as he left.
William Nelson Morgan, 69, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
The court heard he was identified in a crowd throwing stones at officers on County Road on Saturday night and was carrying a wooden baton.
He resisted arrest and shouted at an officer to get off him as he was pulled over, the court was told.
Lloyd Killner, 35, from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court and pleaded not guilty to charges of violent disorder in Liverpool city centre on Saturday.
Declan Geiran, 29, of Kelso Road, Liverpool, pleaded guilty at the same court to violent disorder and arson.
Two men and a woman have been sentenced for their roles in the violent disorder in #Sunderland.
Today, Leanne Hodgson, Josh Kellett and Andrew Smith all pleaded guilty following the scandalous scenes on Friday night.
They have been remanded in custody until their verdict is known. (1/3) photo.twitter.com/tzXN4vBdLu
— Northumbria Police (@northumbriapol) August 5, 2024
The prosecutor said on Saturday that Geiran was seen on CCTV in Liverpool city centre using an “implement” to set fire to a Ford Transit police van that had been abandoned by officers.
Jimmy Bailey, 45, of Station Avenue in Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, pleaded not guilty to violent disorder.
John O’Malley, 43, of Cambridge Gardens in Southport, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
Gareth Metcalfe, 44, of Cambridge Gardens in Southport, appeared in the same court last Tuesday charged with violent disorder in Southport but gave no indication of pleading guilty.
All adult suspects were remanded in custody until their next court appearance on August 29 or 30.
Curtis Coulson, 30, sat in tears outside a Sheffield court as he denied any involvement in a fight following the disorder in South Yorkshire at the weekend.
The alleged offence relates to an incident outside Sheffield City Hall on Sunday in which he allegedly brandished a stick at a woman.
Coulson was denied bail and will appear in the same court in September.
Six people appeared at South Tyneside Crown Court on Monday and have all been remanded in custody until their next court appearance on September 2.
Josh Kellett, 29, from Southcroft, Washington, admitted violent disorder following the unrest in Sunderland on Friday.
The court heard that footage showed him throwing a rock at police officers while part of a large group.
He was wearing a balaclava but could be identified by his “distinctive tattoos”, it was said.
Andrew Smith, 41, of High Street East in Sunderland, pleaded guilty to violent disorder following unrest in Sunderland.
Shaun Doran, 48, of Villette Road, Sunderland, pleaded not guilty to the same offence when he appeared at South Tyneside Crown Court.
Clinton Morrison, 31, of Saint Barnabas Way, Sunderland, entered no plea when he appeared in court charged with violent disorder arising from unrest in Sunderland.
Leanne Hodgson pleaded guilty to violent disorder after footage showed her pushing a large bin towards a police line during unrest in Sunderland.
The 43-year-old woman from Holborn Road, Sunderland, who has a “long-term alcohol problem”, denied being involved in the original march but said she had started drinking and became involved in the disorder after the pub closed, a court heard.
John Garside, prosecuting, said “there was a large crowd cheering and joining in” as Hodgson pushed the bin towards officers.
District Judge Zoe Passfield told her: “This was large-scale crowd violence, causing fear to the public and damage to local businesses.
“There is absolutely no justification for it.”
Brian Gilby admitted taking e-cigarettes from a shop in Sunderland that was damaged during the unrest, but denied being part of the protests.
The 27-year-old, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty to violent disorder at South Tyneside Crown Court on Monday.
He pleaded guilty to burglary.
Heather Bolton, defending, said Gilby denied being part of the protests or any violent disorder, but that he was “socialising with friends” in the city centre when he saw a shop “that had already been damaged” and went inside.
Carl Holliday, 30, of Tankerville Street in Hartlepool, pleaded guilty to violent disorder during a protest in Hartlepool when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court, a court spokesman said.
He was remanded in custody until his sentencing at Teesside Crown Court on September 2.
Tamsyn Cerr, 21, of Firby Close in Hartlepool, has not pleaded guilty to the same charge and has been remanded in custody until her next court appearance, also on September 2.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the courts are “on standby” to ensure “swift justice” but two men charged with offences following disorder in Bristol city centre on Saturday will not have to appear in court until September.
Adrian Croft, 45, of Holywell, Flintshire, was charged with a section 4 public order offence and possession of a class A drug.
Damien Williams, 39, of Stockwood Crescent, Knowle, was charged with a public order offence under section 4.
Both men have been released on bail and will appear in Bristol District Court on September 5.
And two people charged in connection with the disorder in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday will not appear in court in North Staffordshire until August 22.
Jarrod Hollinshead, 26, of no fixed address, has been charged with using threatening or abusive words and/or behaviour likely to cause intimidation, alarm or distress. Lee Bodman, 52, of Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker and breaching a criminal behaviour order.