aug 7, 2024 - Men who Attacked Police During Riots Jailed

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Three men who admitted taking part in riots in Southport and Liverpool in the days after three girls were killed in a knife attack have been jailed.

Widespread unrest has swept across towns and cities in England since the killings of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, on 29 July.

Derek Drummond, 58, was given a three-year sentence for punching a police officer during violence in Southport.

Declan Geiran, 29, was jailed for two years and five months for violent disorder and setting fire to a police vehicle, while Liam James Riley, 40, was jailed for one-and-a-half years for violent disorder and racially aggravated abusive behaviour.

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