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YAY to UK 'hate speech' jailing -- Woman jailed for 'blow up mosque' post as judge warns 'keyboard warriors'
"Facebook pages linked to foreign interference in UK elections taken down after ABC investigation
"Fucking far-right!%67%! - Why are people rioting across England and how many are involved?"
14 August 2024
Summary
* A 53-year-old woman, from Cheshire, is jailed for 15 months after sending a threatening
message suggesting to "blow up a mosque with adults inside"
* The judge warns "so-called keyboard warriors" to learn to "take responsibility for their inflammatory and disgusting language"
* A 26-year-old man is jailed for three years for assaulting a female police officer
at a riot in Hull, as more people appear in courts across England
* A man, 60, is jailed for two-and-a-half years for violent disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers near Rotherham
* The prosecutions follow days of violent unrest in towns and cities across England
and Northern Ireland after three young girls were killed in a stabbing in Southport
Live Reporting
Edited by Emily Atkinson
Judge urges prosecutors to consider charges with heftier sentences for main rioters 17:49 BST
Ben Hatton
Live reporter
Sentences continue to be handed down across the country as the courts deal with the aftermath of recent
rioting. Getty Images
Many of those convicted in recent days have been charged with violent disorder, but one judge today suggested that for those "playing front and central roles" in the disorder prosecutors should consider a more serious charge of riot.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford reflected on this earlier today - you can read his post here ..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/czdpnn88n2pt?post=asset%3A405eb901-3457-45d0-8c54-4cca38616aba#post .
If it's the sentences you're interested in, you use this BBC interactive tool .. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm23y7l01v8o .. to see the names, faces and further details for those sentenced so far – it allows you to search by sentence length, gender, age and the type of offence.
There's also in-depth coverage available on what caused the riots ..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg55we5n3xo .. and the
political implications .. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ykr900my8o .
We're pausing our live coverage for now, but more sentences are expected in
the coming days and we will continue to report on this story as it develops.
This page was edited by Nadia Ragozhina and Emily Atkinson. The writers were Andre Rhoden-Paul and me.
More people in court as riot prosecutions continue - the key lines
Continued - https://www.bbc.com/news/live/czdpnn88n2pt
"Facebook pages linked to foreign interference in UK elections taken down after ABC investigation
"Fucking far-right!%67%! - Why are people rioting across England and how many are involved?"
14 August 2024
Summary
* A 53-year-old woman, from Cheshire, is jailed for 15 months after sending a threatening
message suggesting to "blow up a mosque with adults inside"
* The judge warns "so-called keyboard warriors" to learn to "take responsibility for their inflammatory and disgusting language"
* A 26-year-old man is jailed for three years for assaulting a female police officer
at a riot in Hull, as more people appear in courts across England
* A man, 60, is jailed for two-and-a-half years for violent disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers near Rotherham
* The prosecutions follow days of violent unrest in towns and cities across England
and Northern Ireland after three young girls were killed in a stabbing in Southport
Live Reporting
Edited by Emily Atkinson
Judge urges prosecutors to consider charges with heftier sentences for main rioters 17:49 BST
Ben Hatton
Live reporter
Sentences continue to be handed down across the country as the courts deal with the aftermath of recent
rioting. Getty Images
Many of those convicted in recent days have been charged with violent disorder, but one judge today suggested that for those "playing front and central roles" in the disorder prosecutors should consider a more serious charge of riot.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford reflected on this earlier today - you can read his post here ..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/czdpnn88n2pt?post=asset%3A405eb901-3457-45d0-8c54-4cca38616aba#post .
If it's the sentences you're interested in, you use this BBC interactive tool .. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm23y7l01v8o .. to see the names, faces and further details for those sentenced so far – it allows you to search by sentence length, gender, age and the type of offence.
There's also in-depth coverage available on what caused the riots ..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg55we5n3xo .. and the
political implications .. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ykr900my8o .
We're pausing our live coverage for now, but more sentences are expected in
the coming days and we will continue to report on this story as it develops.
This page was edited by Nadia Ragozhina and Emily Atkinson. The writers were Andre Rhoden-Paul and me.
More people in court as riot prosecutions continue - the key lines
Continued - https://www.bbc.com/news/live/czdpnn88n2pt
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