Mother and daughter admit riot roles

Police had to come out in force during the unrest

A woman, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend have admitted violent disorder during a riot in Middlesbrough earlier this month.

Jake Wray, 23, stopped cars at a junction and demanded to know if the drivers were "white" or "English", a court previously heard.

His partner, mother-of-two Megan Davison, 24, was part of a mob caught on CCTV on Parliament Road and was seen jumping on to the roof of a car.

Her mother, Amanda Walton, 52, was seen on the same CCTV images walking her dog amid the baying crowd, throwing a missile at a building and damaging a car wing mirror.

The three defendants appeared separately at Teesside Crown Court where they each admitted a single charge relating to the events of 4 August.

Wray, of Seaton Street, Middlesbrough, was named on footage by a member of the public who was filming the trouble, a previous hearing at Teesside Magistrates' Court was told.

At that hearing, the prosecution said he approached drivers at a junction, asked whether they were "white" or, similarly, "English" and the court was told "if they were, he seems to allow them to pass".

Cars were set ablaze by protesters taking to the streets of Middlesbrough

Judge Francis Laird KC said he would deal with Wray, who was subject to a suspended sentence at the time, on 18 September and remanded him in custody.

Walton, of Ashling Way, also Middlesbrough, and her daughter, who lives with Wray, will be sentenced on 23 September. They were also remanded.

Appearing at the same court, fellow rioter Dylan Willis admitted violent disorder.

The 18-year-old, of Mansfield Road, Hartlepool, was remanded ahead of sentencing on Monday.

Dozens of people were arrested after cars were set alight and missiles thrown at police.

The unrest spread from a protest which started at the area's cenotaph.

Groups pushed burning wheelie bins at a line of police officers on Ayresome Street and a car was set ablaze on Parliament Road.

The violence was described by Assistant Chief Constable David Felton, of Cleveland Police, as "staggering".