The offence carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison.
Riot police clashed with far-right rioters in Sunderland at the start of the month A 15-year-old boy has become the first person to be charged with rioting following the violence that spread around the UK after the Southport stabbing attack. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due to appear at South Tyneside Youth Court later today, when he will be asked to enter a plea to the charge.
‘The team have worked amazingly quickly, with our criminal justice partners, to arrest those responsible and bring them before the courts. ‘However, as that evidence picture continues to build, if it becomes apparent that an individual may have been involved in further criminality, they will be brought before the courts again and charged with the most serious offence possible.
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