Police charge three more men after Bristol disorder

Police officers gathered around the Mercure Hotel which protestors targeted
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A total of 51 people have now been arrested

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Police have charged three more men with committing violent disorder in Bristol last month.

Joshua Sarkozi, of Shirehampton in Bristol, pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and was remanded in custody.

Mr Sarkozi, 25, will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on September 26.

The unrest occurred when protesters and counter protesters gathered near Castle Park in the city centre on August 3.

Two other men Joseph Saunders, 41, of Exeter, and Paul Marks, 67, of Bishopsworth, Bristol, are due in Bristol Magistrates’ Court on October 3.

Avon and Somerset Police said a 25-year-old man from Cornwall has been received a conditional caution after he admitted failing to remove a face covering when required to by a constable.

A total of 40 people have been charged in connection with the disorder, and 22 have been sentenced.

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