First-time offenders, armchair inciters and children given hefty sentences by magistrates and judges
When far-right riots sprang up in towns and cities in parts of the UK more than two weeks ago causing serious damage, endangering lives and injuring dozens of people, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, promised rapid sentencing for those who took part.
some of the more persistent rioters and could be seen later in the evening outlasting their drunken, cocaine-fuelled elders He was charged under section 1 of the Public Order Act 1986, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. Violent disorder, the charge faced by the rioters convicted so far, has a maximum prison sentence of five years.
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