Boy, 15, sentenced for throwing kegs during disorder

Violence broke out in Bristol on 3 August

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced for throwing beer barrels at police during a violent city protest.

The boy, who cannot be named due to his age, was sentenced to a 12 month referral order at Bristol Youth Court earlier.

He pleaded guilty to violent disorder, which included pushing members of the public and aggressively gesticulating towards officers, at Bristol Magistrates' Court on 20 August.

The unrest occurred when hundreds of far-right protesters and a counter-protest group gathered for two demonstrations near Castle Park in Bristol on 3 August.

Twelve months is the maximum amount of time a referral order can be imposed, and obliges youth offenders to agree to a contract of rehabilitative and restorative activities.

Avon and Somerset Police Det Ch Insp Tom Herbert said: "This boy's behaviour was reckless and completely unacceptable and it is right that he was sentenced in court today."

He added that the boy was the 25th person to be sentenced for their involvement in the disorder and that police had so far arrested 51 people - charging 40.