Eleven more CCTV images issued by riot probe police

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Merseyside Police would like to speak to these men in connection with disorder

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Police have released 11 more CCTV images of people they want to talk to over mass disorder in Merseyside.

About 300 people descended on County Road, in Liverpool, on Saturday following trouble in the city centre during the day.

Merseyside Police said 46 have been arrested, 21 charged and seven jailed following the unrest across the region.

The disorder began after three girls were stabbed to death in Southport on 29 July, prompting clashes between police and demonstrators the following day.

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A number of people have been jailed following riots in Walton and Southport

Curtis Faure, 19, of Thomas Lane, Broadgreen, has become the latest person to be charged with violent disorder in Liverpool city centre.

Faure was remanded into custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court on Friday.

The release of the further 11 images comes after the force issued 14 CCTV stills on Wednesday, which they said has resulted in a "significant number of calls".

Det Sup Paul Speigh said more people will be sentenced in the coming days, and the courts are "acting swiftly" to jail those who brought violence, destruction and hatred into communities.

"The communities of Southport, Liverpool and right across the country were left shocked and saddened by the scenes of disorder in the past week," he added.

"To anyone intent on causing disorder here I have one clear message: we will find you, and we will put you before the courts."

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Police are urging anyone who knows these men to get in touch with the force

On Thursday, four men were jailed following violent riots in Merseyside.

William Nelson Morgan, 69, of Linton Street, Walton, who armed himself with a wooden cosh, was jailed for two years and eight months.

John O'Malley, 43, who was identified in footage at the front of a "baying mob" in Southport, were jailed for two years and eight months at Liverpool Crown Court.

Brothers, Adam Wharton, 28, and Ellis Wharton, 22, targeted the burned-out Spellow Lane Library on County Road but the latter was caught by an officer in the act of removing a large computer monitor while his older brother acted as a lookout.

Both pleaded guilty to burglary with intent to steal while Ellis Wharton changed his plea on Thursday to admit assaulting an emergency worker.

Serial criminal Adam Wharton was handed 20 months in jail and Ellis Wharton, who has no previous convictions, was given 11 months.

Police have made almost 500 arrests in connection with disorder across the UK following the killing of three young girls in Southport 10 days ago.

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