Every rioter nailed after UK protests so far – with 700 arrests and 302 charged

More than 400 people have now been arrested after a week of carnage. Dozens of far-right thugs have already been jailed as the courts work around the hours to deliver justice. Police investigating the riots led by the far right say they have made more than 700 arrests for alleged offences, and promised “hundreds” more to come.

Gavin Stephens, the NPCC chair, said: “While the previous two nights have been a welcome break from the appalling scenes of the last week, and may have reached a turning point, we are by no means complacent. Our message to those involved in violence is that we continue to comb through thousands of images, live streams and videos as well as body-worn footage to find you.

“We are grateful to those who are calling us to identify those in the images circulated by forces. We are also grateful for the many messages of support to the officers, staff and volunteers that have faced hatred, racial abuse and violence whilst doing their job.”

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Of the 741 arrests, 32 relate to online offences such as incitement, and the scale of the operation is shown by the fact the arrest took place in 36 of the 43 force areas across England and Wales.

Leanne Hodgson

Hodgson was jailed for two-and-a-half years for her involvement in riots in Sunderland on 2 August. She pushed industrial bins at a line of police officers and called one of them a “f***** black c***”, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Hodgson, who lives in Sunderland and was “clearly under the influence of alcohol”, was also seen picking up a glass bottle and pretending to throw it towards police, breaking bricks on the ground before throwing them into a crowd of people, and smashing a windscreen of a parked police car.

She was arrested the following day having been identified on social media and tried to buy a balaclava from her local Post Office before the rioting.

Bradley Makin

Makin was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to violent disorder and possession of heroin and cocaine. He was identified by his Instagram username after sharing multiple videos of disorder in Sunderland online, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The clips featured people throwing metal beer kegs and poles at police, with one man heard shouting “Every f****** window, come on,” and “Go man, it’s the Olympics”.

Stacey Vint

Vint was jailed for one year and eight months after she pushed a burning wheelie bin towards a police line in Middlesbrough town centre on 4 August. She and others set it on fire before pushing it towards officers who arrested her when she fell to the ground, Teesside Crown Court heard.

Cole Stewart

Stewart pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder earlier this week after attending a gathering in Darlington on Monday (August 5) evening. Police were called at 9.30pm to Gladstone Street and North Lodge Terrace in Darlington where a large number of young men had congregated and were heading towards a mosque the court heard.

About 30 men gathered at a car park on Gladstone Street and around 60 men gathered outside the mosque. In the car park was Cole Stewart, wearing a head cover.

The court heard he threw stones or rocks and hit police, and he was due to be sentenced on Friday (August 9) afternoon.

Derek Drummond

He was handed three years in prison after pleading guilty to punching PC Thomas Ball in the face in Southport as rioters targeted a mosque – as well as violent disorder. Drummond was outside the mosque in the Merseyside town when around 300 people started marching towards it looking “very aggressive” and shouting: “This is our f***ing country,” Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard.

Adam Wharton

Wharton and his brother Ellis live a “stone’s throw away” from Spellow Lane library in Walton where they were both arrested on 4 August, Liverpool Crown Court heard. He was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison after admitting being part of the 300 people who attacked the community hub.

He was arrested near the scene in the early hours of the morning wearing a balaclava, having acted as a lookout while his brother went inside to steal goods, the court was told. Wharton’s younger brother Ellis was found by police inside the library with a computer monitor, Liverpool magistrates’ court heard.

He was sentenced to 11 months in prison after admitting burglary with intent and assaulting PC Thomas Nielsen as he was arrested at around 2am on 4 August. Wharton claimed he had been “blackmailed” by his brother to go looting during the attack on the library, which was only opened last year and is home to a food bank.

The brothers’ mother sobbed as they were jailed and shouted: “I love you” and “can I just thank you, judge”.

William Nelson Morgan

Morgan was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after admitting violent disorder and possession of a wooden bat in Liverpool on 3 August. He was also given a two-year serious violence reduction order.

Morgan was part of a group of people “running amok”, setting fire to bins and throwing bricks at local businesses, as well as the Spellow Lane Library in the Walton area of the city, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Ryan Sheers

Sheers, who is in a relationship with Steven Mailen, was also given two years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder in Hartlepool.

The former McDonald’s worker was bitten on the hip by a police dog during the disorder, the court was told.

Charlie Bullock

Bullock was given a year-and-a-half in prison for being the “main instigator” of a group who attacked a police line in Middlesbrough town centre on 4 August. He was dressed all in black and was wearing a balaclava as he threw stones at police, Teesside Crown Court heard.

The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Declan Geiran

Geiran, of Liverpool, was jailed for two-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to violent disorder and setting a police van on fire in Liverpool city centre. The vehicle had been abandoned by officers on Saturday 3 August as rioters overwhelmed the city centre.

Geiran was found with three lighters and seen on CCTV among a group of people using an implement to set the van on fire. The 29-year-old had 13 previous convictions for 18 offences, including breach of a community order and a malicious communications offence.

Steven Malien

Malien was sentenced to two years and two months in prison for being at the “very forefront of the mob” in Hartlepool on 31 July. The court heard that the former postmaster and school governor was “one of the main instigators” of the violent disorder in the town that day, which involved around 200 people.

He got involved after an afternoon bingo session with his partner, the court heard.

Liam James Riley

Riley, of Kirkdale, was jailed for a year and eight months after pleading guilty to violent disorder and a racially aggravated public order offence. He joined a group of around 100 people who were seen throwing rocks and bricks smashing at least one shop window, in Liverpool city centre.

Riley was found with a poster that said “this is Allah’s city” and told police “having heard about the march through word of mouth attended in solidarity wearing a St George’s flag”. As he was arrested, he called the police officers detaining him “traitors” and “Muslim lovers”, Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard.

Despite others in the group running from police when they arrived, Riley stood his ground, shouting and waving his arms, prosecutor Joshua Sanderson-Kirk told the court.

John O’Malley

John O’Malley, 43, was among a group of up to 1,000 people involved in the disorder outside a mosque in the Merseyside town last Tuesday. O’Malley, from Southport, pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder earlier this week and was jailed for 32 months at Liverpool Crown Court in the first on-camera sentencing hearing over the riots.

“He [O’Malley] was active in and at the heart of the violence,” a prosecutor told the court. During the sentencing, the judge said O’Malley was “at the front of what was essentially a baying mob”.

He added: “You were at the front and participating enthusiastically.”

Bobby Shirbon

Bobby Shirbon, 18, and Kieron Gatenby, 19, were both jailed at Teesside Crown Court on Thursday after pleading guilty at a previous hearing. After leaving his own birthday party at a bingo hall, Shirbon was caught smashing windows as he told police: “It’s OK, everyone else is doing it.”

The teen will spend two and a half years behind bars after taking part in the far-right carnage. Assistant Chief Constable David Felton said: “Over the last week officers have been faced with extremely challenging situations involving individuals who had nothing else in mind but the intent to cause violence.

“Within seven days of the Hartlepool disorder those set on committing serious violence have been arrested, charged and now sentenced by the court. This sends a very firm message to anyone continuing to think of committing sheer violence.

“Our investigation remains on going and I want to encourage members of the public to keep reporting information – no matter how small you think it might be.”

Carl Holliday

Carl Holliday, 30, was caught on camera hurling the sheets at lines of officers with riot shields. He had been drinking heavily two streets away when he heard the nearby commotion and decided to join in.

The video was a summary of his actions over half an hour, prosecutor Miss Rachel Masters said. She added: “He was in close proximity to them (the officers). He was heard constantly shouting and swearing at officers in an aggressive manner.

“He did not recall being involved in any disorder”, she added, but said that when shown the footage he admitted that it was him.

Holliday admitted a charge of violent disorder before a Magistrates and fell to be sentenced at Teesside Crown Court on Thursday (August 8).