Rioter who pushed burning bin at police jailed

Christopher Sharp admitted committing violent disorder in Middlesbrough on 4 August

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.