Balaclava clad rioter, 13, launched missiles and pushed mates into cops

A 13-year-old boy donned a balaclava whilst pushing his mates into cops, walked in the middle of the road and launched missiles at the police during disorder in Newton Heath.

The boy, who cannot be identified because of his age, was one of a large group who attended outside a hotel on Oldham Road on July 31 this year that was believed to be housing asylum seekers.

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Prosecuting, Hannah Nicholls said that on July 31 at around 6pm, a large group of people began to congregate outside the hotel. It became aggressive with the group throwing missiles and chanting racial slurs which caused fear to members of the public, she said.

“He is seen to throw an object in the direction of police officers. He then walks in the middle of the road causing an obstruction to a bus on Oldham Road. The bus then stops before it is attacked,” Ms Nicholls said.

“The defendant is seen wearing a face covering whilst later interrogating officers, telling them: ‘Shut up you, don’t touch my mate’. He then is seen trying to remove their hats whilst pushing other youths into the officers.”

Later he is seen talking to the driver of a black Audi before he is passed a plastic bag. The boy then threw some items at the officers before picking up items from the floor and throwing them towards the police, it was said.

Mitigating, Lucy Astley said that the teen had walked alongside the bus whilst others had kicked and punched it.

District Judge Margaret McCormack said: “Would he be as brave on