Brian Spencer was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for violent disorder following his involvement in a riot fuelled by online disinformation.
A man who was hit in the crotch by a flying brick during a riot in Southport has been jailed. Brian Spencer was sentenced to two years and six months behind bars after pleading guilty to violent disorder at Liverpool Crown Court. The unrest happened on 30 July, the day after a mass stabbing targeting children in the Merseyside town in which three young girls were killed. The riot was fuelled by online disinformation about the attack.
Footage shared widely on social media showed Spencer walking up to a line of riot police and putting his hands on his hips before gyrating in front of the officers. The 40-year-old, from Southport, was then struck in the chest and head by bricks before turning around and walking back towards the crowd. As he held his head, another brick hit him in the groin and he then hobbled away. Merseyside Police said: 'Spencer could be seen acting in an aggressive manner and part of a large group of people who were standing only a few yards in front of officers and throwing bricks. 'He could also be seen on footage punching a police vehicle several times and picking up and throwing wheelie bins at officers and carriers.' The force also said that later that evening, officers were called to a separate incident where Spencer was, and took him to hospital to be treated for the head injury. The officers recognised him from the viral footage and he was arrested. Spencer 'racially abused patient' While receiving treatment for his injury, Spencer racially abused another patient at Southport Hospital, police said. He was also jailed after admitting racially/religiously aggravated harassment. Some 163 people have now been arrested by Merseyside Police in connection with the disorder, with 117 charges brought and 88 people sentenced to a total of 182 years and four months in prison between the
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