Three more charged in violent disorder probe

Police have arrested 51 people as part of the investigation into the disorder in Staffordshire

Three more people have been charged as part of an investigation into violent disorder in Tamworth and Stoke-on-Trent during a period of major unrest across the UK.

Tommy McQuaker, 28, of Amington, Tamworth, has been charged with violent disorder and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

Martin Carter, 36, of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, and Aimie Holliwell, 37, of Rugeley, Staffordshire, have both been accused of violent disorder.

Mr McQuaker and Ms Holliwell are due to appear at Stafford Crown Court on 27 August and 3 September respectively. Mr Carter will appear at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 23 September.

Fifty-one people had been arrested and 17 charged since the disorder in Stoke-on-Trent on 3 August and Tamworth on 4 August, Staffordshire Police said.

On Tuesday, David Jordan, of Tamworth Road, Tamworth, was the first person to be convicted over disturbances at the town's Holiday Inn Express.

The 59-year-old was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for making racist remarks and hurling a missile at police.

The unrest across the UK earlier this month followed fatal stabbings in Southport and, in their wake, false online rumours the suspect was a Muslim.