Traffic cone rioter jailed for 16 months

Lewis Carver, 31, who had no previous convictions, has admitted assaulting a police officer

A man who threw a traffic cone at a police officer during rioting in Hull last month has been jailed.

Lewis Carver, 31, of Cape Drive in Anlaby, admitted violent disorder and the assault of an emergency worker and was sent to prison for 16 months.

Carver, who owns a landscaping business, was captured on CCTV at several locations in the city during the unrest on 3 August.

Passing sentence at Hull Crown Court, Judge Mark Bury said the footage had shown Carver to be a "street hooligan".

A police body camera captured the moment Carver threw the traffic cone

Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told the court that Carver played a "prominent role" in the violence and behaved in "an aggressive manner".

Carver was in King Edward Street when he hurled the cone. An officer was cut on the face and was "likely" to have been left with a scar.

He was also part of a group that targeted a hotel on Ferensway, which housed asylum seekers and was being guarded by police.

Michael Forrester, defending, said Carver, who had no previous convictions, was "deeply ashamed" of his behaviour and offered no explanation except "stupidity".

Judge Bury said the sentence had to "punish you and deter others".

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