'Violent, ignorant, drink-fuelled defiance of the law' - The 'hooligans' and 'fools' jailed last week over UK protests

Dozens more people have been sent to jail this week for taking part in disorder that spread across the UK earlier this month, after the deaths of three young girls in Southport.

Prosecutors have charged over 520 people following the recent disorder, with the CPS saying they are 'working around the clock' with police to 'deliver swift justice.' Since the start of August, at least 117 people have been sent to jail for their involvement in the riots.

Over the last week, thugs, including two brothers, have been jailed for throwing bricks and wheelie bins at police responders, assault and chanting racist abuse.

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One man took a sledgehammer to cars at a garage belonging to a foreign national, while the terrified owner cowered inside with his family. Another used a large piece of concrete to smash the window of a police vehicle with an officer inside fearing for his life.

The majority of charges so far have been for violent disorder, which carries a maximum jail sentence of five years. Sentences can range from anything from a community order to increasingly longer spells in prison up to the maximum.

Here are some of the people put behind bars for their part in the riots last week.

A man who threw a stone at police after getting “carried away” during riots in Sunderland has been jailed for more than two years. Dean Groenewald, 32, was jailed for 26 months at Newcastle Crown Court on Monday after admitting one count of violent disorder at a previous hearing.

The court heard that Groenewald was filmed throwing the paving stone at Keel Square during a riot that broke out following a protest in