Christopher Beard was shown on footage 'shouting', 'gesticulating' and throwing objects towards police at the front of a crowd
A father who was seen at the front of a crowd with a “maniacal grin” during disorder in Southport has been jailed.
Charles Lander, defending, said the 33-year-old has a 12-week-old daughter and is about to become a grandfather as his older child, aged 19, is expecting a baby in December. He added: "There’s footage of you literally building a bonfire in the middle of the road, pulling wheelie bins on top of each other."
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