Everyone jailed so far with nearly 400 due in court after widespread UK riots

Two 12-year-old boys and a 13-year-old girl are among the hundreds accused of riot-related offences making their way through the courts – the majority of which will likely be heading to prison.

Nearly 1,000 arrests have been made as of Monday, with almost 400 people charged over the disorder that swept the country in the wake of the Southport stabbings.

At least 50 of those are thought to be under the age of 18.

The youngest to appear in court so far are two 12-year-old boys – one of whom was caught at two separate riots and described by a judge as being ‘more involved in the violence and disorder than any other defendant I’ve seen’.

So, who has appeared in court so far and what sentences have been handed out?

Joshua Simpson – first person convicted following rioting

Self-employed builder Simpson, 25, became the first person to be convicted following rioting outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard he was abusive to police before he kicked a riot shield, forcing it back on to an officer’s leg.

Simpson admitted assault of an emergency worker.

He was remanded in custody by Deputy District Judge Simon Blakebrough who asked for a pre-sentence report to be prepared before he is sentenced on August 27.

The judge said he could not rule out a prison sentence for Simpson, who said he is homeless.

Derek Drummond – first rioter jailed for violent disorder

Drummond, 58, was jailed for three years for his part in violence in Southport on June 30.

Liverpool Crown Court heard bodyworn footage of from PC Thomas Ball showed Drummond approach the riot cordon line and say ‘s**thouses, s**thouses’.

Drummond was told to go back and he then punched PC Ball in the face.

Following a public appeal the defendant handed himself into police and said he was ‘a fool’.

Referring to the disturbances near to Southport Mosque on July 30 Honorary Recorder of Liverpool, Judge Andrew Menary KC said: ‘The genuine and collective grief of the residents of Southport was effectively hijacked by this callous behaviour.’

Steven Mailen and Ryan Sheers – how an afternoon at the bingo ended with a bite on the arse and a stretch inside

Mailen, 54, and his partner Sheers, 29, were each jailed for two years and two months after ending up ‘at the very forefront of the mob’ during unrest in Hartlepool.

Mailen was described as ‘one of the main instigators’ of a large-scale disturbance on Murray Street while Sheers was bitten on the backside by a police dog during the incident.

The pair, neither of whom has any previous convictions, pleaded guilty to violent disorder after about 200 people gathered in the town on July 31.

Teesside Crown Court heard Mailen and Sheers had been at bingo together in the afternoon and continued drinking at home.

They told police they came upon the disturbance on the way to the shop to buy more alcohol and ended up being ‘at the very forefront of the mob’.

William Morgan – oldest jailed rioter so far

Morgan, 69, was jailed for two years and eight months over his part in unrest in which police were attacked and a library was set on fire.

He admitted violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon – a cosh.

Judge Andrew Menary KC said: ‘Your advancing years plainly did not prevent you from playing an active part in a disturbance on County Road.’

Adam and Ellis Wharton – brothers who looted their local library

Adam Wharton, 28 and Ellis Wharton, 22, targeted the burnt-out site in County Road, Walton, Liverpool, where widespread public disorder took place earlier on Saturday August 3 as police officers came under attack.

After the disturbance subsided at about 2am on August 4, Adam Wharton acted as lookout while his younger brother entered the Spellow Hub premises which housed a number of facilities including a community centre, a library and a food bank.

Sentencing Adam Wharton to 20 months in jail and Ellis Wharton to 11 months in custody Judge Neil Flewitt KC said: ‘The Spellow Hub was a valuable local resource and its loss will be felt deeply by the community.

‘Although your offending amounts in law to the offence of burglary, your conduct is more commonly described as ‘looting’, a despicable crime in which the offender seeks to profit from the misery of others.’

Sentencing Adam Wharton to 20 months in jail and Ellis Wharton to 11 months in custody the judge said: ‘The Spellow Hub was a valuable local resource and its loss will be felt deeply by the community.

‘Although your offending amounts in law to the offence of burglary, your conduct is more commonly described as “looting”, a despicable crime in which the offender seeks to profit from the misery of others.’

Ellis Wharton received an eight-month jail term for the burglary and a consecutive three-month sentence for the assault.

Brendan Carville, defending Ellis Wharton, said: ‘He is the idiot who went into the premises while his brother stood outside. He is the one caught red-handed. He had never put a foot wrong in his life.

‘I submit he is a person who has been used by his brother. His remorse was instant.’

Leanne Hodgson – pushed wheelie bins at officers and called one a ‘black c***’

Hodgson, 43, repeatedly pushed industrial bins at a police line during disorder in Sunderland.

She was jailed for two and a half years.

Hodgson deliberately ran into an officer and called another one a ‘f****** black c***’.

Newcastle Crown Court heard that when police saw her early in the evening she was ‘clearly under influence of alcohol and shouting abuse at officers’.

Later on, an officer described Hodgson ‘running straight at him and colliding with him’. He said it was ‘clearly a deliberate act’ and when he looked at her afterwards she was ‘laughing and pointing at him’.

The defendant was identified by police from videos on social media, where she was seen pushing industrial bins towards police, picking up a glass bottle and motioning as if to throw it at officers, and breaking bricks on the ground before throwing them into the crowd to be used as missiles. The court heard she also threw an object at a parked police vehicle, smashing the windscreen.

In mitigation, the court heard she has ‘mental health difficulties exacerbated by alcohol problems’ and was ‘ashamed of her actions’.

Josh Kellett – rioter who remembered his balaclava but forgot to hide his tattoos

Kellett, also known as Josh Major, was seen on police drone footage throwing stones at officers four times in 45 seconds.

The 29-year-old wore a balaclava during disturbances in Sunderland.

But he was identified by an anonymous member of the public who watched a live stream of the riot and contacted police to say they recognised a person who was throwing items at police.

Newcastle Crown Court heard Kellett was arrested the next day at his home and the clothing and balaclava he was wearing in the footage were recovered. He later pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Sentencing Kellett, Judge Paul Sloan KC, the Recorder of Newcastle, said he could be seen in footage ‘revelling in the mayhem’. Kellett nodded as his sentence was passed.

Cole Stewart – baby-faced rioter who squealed ‘I’m a child’ during arrest

Stewart, 18, was detained for 18 months after he could be seen ‘celebrating’ after throwing a rock which hit a police officer during riots in Darlington.

He was one of about 30 people who gathered outside a mosque in the North East town on August 5.

Teesside Crown Court heard the group was chanting racist and far right slogans.

Police formed a line separating the protesters from a group of about 60 Asian men who had gathered outside the mosque to protect it.

Stewart, of Victoria Road, Darlington, was seen breaking a large boulder into smaller rocks and throwing them towards officers.

When one rock hit an officer on the arm Stewart was seen ‘celebrating with his arms in the air’.

But the smile was quickly wiped from his face when a handful of riot officers moved in, with body work footage recording him pleading: ‘I’m a child, I’m a child.’

Judge Francis Laird KC told him: ‘You chose to take part in an organised act of public disorder, indeed you were at the forefront of it.’

John Honey – Lush looter who ‘offered his autograph in prison because he’s famous’

Honey helped attack a car with three Romanian men in, targeted a garage leaving nine vehicles damaged and pushed bins at police lines during the disorder on August 3.

The 25-year-old ‘played a prominent role’ in 12 hours of violence and unrest that gripped the city while wearing a ‘distinctive’ England flag T-shirt, prosecutors said.

Honey pleaded guilty to violent disorder and three charges of burglary at Lush, the O2 store and Shoezone.

Judge John Thackray KC, the Recorder of Hull, said he had received a letter from a member of staff at HMP Hull who said they were conducting an assessment with Honey when he had asked ‘if I wanted his autograph as he is famous and is all over social media’.

Honey also told the employee he ‘went into Greggs to have a drink as the pepper spray made him thirsty’.

They said he was an ‘over-confident individual who presented with no remorse’.

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