Teen admits attacking car with Romanian men inside

The teenager was captured kicking the car as the driver reversed back in an attempt to flee rioters

A 17-year-old boy has admitted damaging a BMW car, which had three Romanian men inside, during rioting in Hull.

The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, also pleaded guilty to violent disorder after trouble flared in the city centre on 3 August.

He was due to stand trial at Beverley Magistrates' Court on Friday after initially denying the charge of racially/religiously aggravated criminal damage.

The boy is scheduled to be sentenced before a youth court in Kent on 18 October.

Footage of the unrest played in court showed the teenager, who was among a crowd of rioters, kicking the car as the driver reversed on Milky Way in an attempt to flee.

He was also filmed pushing a large red commercial wheelie bin towards police on Jameson Street, which was later seen on fire, and then on Spring Bank throwing missiles at advancing officers who were wearing protective riot gear.

In his first broadcast interview last month, the driver of the BMW spoke of his "traumatic" experience and how he believed he and his cousins "could’ve died there".

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