Two 12-year-old boys have been convicted in relation to the mass migration protests and riots that have broken out across the UK over the past few weeks after three young school girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport. The boys are the youngest to admit to violent disorder in separate instances amid the riots. Neither can be named due to their age.
The first boy pleaded guilty at Liverpool Youth Court on Monday after he participated in the initial riot in Southport where almost 1,000 people protested outside a mosque, Sky News reports. He is among 30 who have been charged from that incident.
The second boy pleaded guilty to two counts of violent disorder at Manchester City Magistrates Court on Monday for his involvement in two other instances in Manchester. Per BBC, he admitted to throwing a missile at a police van at one of the sites of disorder. In a separate riot, he had kicked a bus and was "seen in footage handing a rock to another youth during the disorder" outside a Holiday Inn hotel housing migrants on July 31. The prosecutor in his case also said he was "filmed by police kicking the front window of a vape shop" on August 3.
The judge presiding over the case stated that although the child said he was "sorry" and "very ashamed," "He's more involved in the violence and disorder than any other defendant I've seen coming through these courts, adult or child."
Thus far, 975 people have been arrested and 546 have been charged in relation to the protests across the UK beginning on July 29.
The first boy pleaded guilty at Liverpool Youth Court on Monday after he participated in the initial riot in Southport where almost 1,000 people protested outside a mosque, Sky News reports. He is among 30 who have been charged from that incident.
The second boy pleaded guilty to two counts of violent disorder at Manchester City Magistrates Court on Monday for his involvement in two other instances in Manchester. Per BBC, he admitted to throwing a missile at a police van at one of the sites of disorder. In a separate riot, he had kicked a bus and was "seen in footage handing a rock to another youth during the disorder" outside a Holiday Inn hotel housing migrants on July 31. The prosecutor in his case also said he was "filmed by police kicking the front window of a vape shop" on August 3.
The judge presiding over the case stated that although the child said he was "sorry" and "very ashamed," "He's more involved in the violence and disorder than any other defendant I've seen coming through these courts, adult or child."
Thus far, 975 people have been arrested and 546 have been charged in relation to the protests across the UK beginning on July 29.
