The law is beginning to take its course against perpetrators of the recent riots in Britain.
A rioter who attacked a blackman during the riots has been sentenced, the mailonline has reported.
Far-right thugs were today humbled as they faced the British justice system, and three were jailed over violent demonstrations that have shaken the UK over the last week.
One rioter, 28, shook and cried in the dock as he admitted punching a black man while another yob who was knocked to the ground by a police shield admitted to ‘spitting on officers’.
Liam Ryan sobbed in court as he pleaded guilty to violent disorder after travelling from West Yorkshire to Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens to ‘play an active role in the disorder’.
Prosecutor Laura Peers said social media footage showed ‘a black male being confronted by a large group of white males’, adding that Ryan could be seen ‘aiming a punch towards the male involved’.
Daniel McGuire pleaded guilty after ‘spitting on officers and shields’ despite being told to stop. The 45-year-old, of Crescent Avenue, Plymouth, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
He was seen pushing up against police riot shields before ‘spitting on officers and shields’ during a riot in the city on Monday, August 5.
Indeed videos of the riots in Britain have trended online.
In a particular one that went viral, shortly after, McGuire appeared to be shoved back by the fed-up cops, promptly toppling onto his backside. He will be sentenced on Thursday, August 8.
After the three men were jailed in Liverpool today, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: ‘This is the swift action we’re taking. If you provoke violent disorder on our streets or online, you will face the full force of the law.’
One case of alleged terrorism is ‘actively under consideration’ following widespread disorder across the country, the Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson has said.
And Julie Sweeney, 53, was remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of sending a threatening message suggesting blowing up ‘a mosque with adults inside’.
A ‘standing army’ of nearly 6,000 public order officers have been drafted amid fears of further riots tonight, after racist yobs shared a ‘target list’ of 39 locations, including immigration centres, refugee shelters and lawyers’ homes.
Reacting to the convictions, Nick Price, Director of Legal Services for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘Today at least 12 individuals have been convicted for their part in the ongoing disorder – and many will be going to prison.
‘If you get involved in violent disorder on our streets or stir up hate online, you will feel the full force of the law.
‘Our prosecutors are working round-the-clock to make sure lawbreakers can be brought before the courts without delay and face the consequences of their actions.’ mailonline
