CPSThree men who admitted taking part in violent disorder in Southport and Liverpool in the days after three girls were killed in a knife attack have been jailed.
There has been widespread unrest across the country since the killings of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, at a holiday club on 29 July.
Derek Drummond, 58, was given a three-year sentence for assaulting an emergency worker during the violence in Southport.
Declan Geiran, 29, was jailed for two years and five months for violent disorder and arson of a police vehicle, while Liam James Riley, 40, was jailed for one-and-a-half years for violent disorder and racially aggravated abusive behaviour.
PA MediaJonathan Egan of the Crown Prosecution Service said the trio’s actions “would have caused panic, revulsion and chaos in their local communities”.
“Riley, Drummond and Geiran mistakenly thought they would escape justice.
“They now face an extended period of time behind bars, and their criminal convictions will stay with them forever.”
Drummond of Pool Street, Liverpool had previously pleaded guilty to the offences which included punching a police officer, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Riley, of Walton Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, and Geiran, of Kelso Road, Liverpool, were sentenced for their parts in the unrest in Liverpool city centre, with Geiran also admitting to arson of a police vehicle.
PA MediaFurther suspects are also set to appear in court in connection with the disorder across the north-west of England.
Four men, aged 27, 28, 41 and 42, are due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court accused of taking part in violent disorder in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens on Saturday.
Another man, 32, is accused of distributing and recording of visual images which were threatening, abusive or insulting intending to stir up racial hatred on Monday in Stockport.
