A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to a referral order for his involvement in the Hull riots last summer, where hundreds of missiles were thrown at police.
A 16-year-old boy has been given a referral order after taking part in last summer's rioting in which 400 missiles were thrown at police in Hull . The boy, who was 15 at the time and cannot be named for legal reasons, was caught on CCTV hurling objects, damaging shop windows and stealing items from a Lush store in Hull city centre on 3 August.
At Hull Magistrates' Court earlier, which was sitting as a youth court, the teenager admitted burglary with intent to cause damage and burglary with intent to steal. He previously admitted violent disorder and theft at a previous hearing. Violence erupted across England following the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, on 29 July. In Hull, a hotel was targeted, police officers were attacked, shops looted and cars were damaged and set alight as a demonstration descended into angry unrest. Police were 'outnumbered' as 400 missiles were thrown at them during the violent disorder, the court heard. Video clips of the teenager were played in court, in which he could be seen smashing the windows of Shoezone and O2 stores. In one clip, he could be seen lifting items from a Lush store and adding them to a basket before walking out. In another he is seen throwing a bath bomb at a wall inside the same premises. In other footage, the boy was seen on Jameson Street pushing two large wheelie bins and throwing missiles among a mob, which included. The prosecutor said police officers were 'outnumbered' by those taking part in the violent unrest with tens of thousands of pounds of damage caused to the city that day including £220,000 worth at the Lush and O2 stores. The court heard the boy was handed into the police station by his parents after his mother received a phone call from a family friend who had seen the teenager in videos. When she confronted him about it, her son said: 'I was there when it happened but I didn't throw anything.
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