Man admits violent disorder and assaulting police

Riot police were deployed after the disorder broke out in Hanley on 3 August

A man has admitted violent disorder and assaulting a police officer during the unrest in Stoke-on-Trent last month.

Father-of-one Tyler Marchese, 21, pleaded guilty to the offences committed when the disorder broke out in Hanley on 3 August.

During a hearing at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday, Judge Sally Hancox said Marchese would “almost inevitably” receive a custodial sentence.

"You have taken a very sensible step to accept your involvement in the events on 3 August. Your sentence must be one that reflects your part in it,” she said.

Marchese, of Norris Road, Stoke-on-Trent, will be sentenced in the same court on 27 September.

Staffordshire Police recently said it had arrested more than 80 people and charged more than 30 following the disorder in Stoke-on-Trent on 3 August and in Tamworth on 4 August.

Riots and anti-immigration protests took place across the UK after three young girls were killed in Southport, Merseyside, on 29 July.

The action was fuelled by false claims on social media that the attacker was an asylum seeker.