Rioter who pushed burning bin at police jailed
Christopher Sharp admitted committing violent disorder in Middlesbrough on 4 August
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A man who pushed a flaming bin at police officers during a riot has been jailed.
Christopher Sharp, 36, admitted violent disorder in Middlesbrough on 4 August where he told others to "push forward" at police.
Cleveland Police said he was in a large group of people at the junction of Ayresome Street and Linthorpe Road and helped push a large bin, which was then set alight, into the crowd.
Sharp, of Middlesbrough Road in South Bank, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Teesside Crown Court.
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