Current unrest in Great Britain: Suspects face up to 10 years in prison

Ricky Hardman, 41, of Norfolk Road, Barnsley, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder.

Hardman, bottom left in a black top and grey cargo pants, was photographed with a group of men as objects were thrown at police at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

A father of three has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for violent disorder after taking part in a right-wing extremist demonstration in Weymouth.

Ian Vetier, 36, from Weymouth, played a “prominent” role in what he described as the “Enough is Enough” group, which came together to counter a larger “Stand Up To Racism” group, Bournemouth Crown Court heard.

He admitted the crime in connection with the demonstration on August 4.

The court was told that police officers feared for their safety as they tried to control the protest group, which was shouting and swearing loudly.

A painter and decorator who was part of a mob that attacked a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.

Billy Pemberton, 31, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison at Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday, South Yorkshire Police confirmed.

His case had been adjourned from Wednesday when Sheffield District Judge Jeremy Richardson KC heard that Pemberton was part of a group who threw projectiles at a small group of “cornered” police officers outside the hotel; but there was no evidence he had thrown anything at the officers himself.

The court heard he was also seen in a group chanting “Who the hell is Allah?”

Pemberton picked up a police baton dropped by an officer and took it to a pub where he boasted about it, the court heard.

Defence lawyer Gordon Stables said his client was “completely devastated and remorseful” and faced the loss of his business, which employs three people, as a result of the prison sentence.

Pemberton, of Rosehill Road, Rawmarsh, admitted at an earlier hearing that violent disturbances had occurred.

More than 60 officers were injured as they battled hundreds of people outside the hotel in the Manvers district; some gained access to the building and tried to set it on fire with a burning barrel.

You can remove the thugs from the streets, but the conditions for misplaced anger to turn into violence again remain, locals in the Northeast tell Zoe Beaty:

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A father of six who admitted violent disorder was sentenced to 28 months in prison.

CCTV footage shown at Liverpool Crown Court shows 46-year-old Tony Hazlett throwing two projectiles at police officers in Southport on July 30.

Prosecutor Chris Taylor said Hazlett threw two objects, possibly bricks, in quick succession.

The court heard he had 15 previous convictions for 44 offences, including a 26-month prison sentence imposed on him in 2011 for affray, possession of an offensive weapon and breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence.

Stuart Nolan, defending, said: “He apologises to the people of Southport, members of Merseyside Police and the wider public. He accepts that this was inexcusable behaviour.”

A father-of-one has been sentenced to four months in prison after admitting punching an Asian man at a protest where he chanted racist abuse. Paul Dixon, 35, was filmed shouting “paedo” and “Allah, Allah, who the f*** is Allah”: