By Tara Cobham\The Independent
Three men have become the first to be jailed over the Southport and Liverpool riots amid ongoing unrest across England and in Northern Ireland.
In the longest prison sentence so far over the far-right disorder, Derek Drummond, 58, was sentenced to three years in prison after punching a police officer during the riot that erupted in Southport following the fatal knife attack on three young girls in the town on 29 July.
Drummond, of Pool Street, Liverpool, previously pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker, after he punched an officer in the face and was later seen dismantling a wall and throwing bricks towards police near Southport Mosque.
He was one of three men to be jailed at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday – alongside Declan Geiran and Liam James Riley who were sentenced to 30 months and 20 months in prison respectively after Geiran tried to set a police van alight and Riley threw rocks and bricks at police.
Riley, of Walton Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, and Geiran, of Kelso Road, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to violent disorder following the riots in Liverpool city centre, with Geiran also admitting to arson of a police vehicle. READ MORE…
