A further six men jailed over UK violent disorder

Mugshots of five men - Tyler Marchese, Joseph Pointon, Jordan Winyard, Jordan Jones and Dillan Bahruzi.Image source, Staffordshire Police
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Left to right: Tyler Marchese, Joseph Pointon, Jordan Winyard, Jordan Jones and Dillan Bahruzi

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Six more men have been jailed for their part in disorder which took place in Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth over the summer, including one offender who wore a pig mask as he targeted a hotel and police officers with missiles.

On Friday, Tyler Marchese, 21, was jailed for two years and one month for violent disorder and assaulting a police officer in the Hanley area of the city on 3 August.

Daniel Bagguley, 31, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, was also sentenced for violent disorder in Hanley as was Joseph Pointon, 23, from Biddulph - they received 26 months and 28 months respectively.

Three others were sentenced on Thursday.

They included Dillan Bahruzi, 38, of Sneyd Green; Jordan Jones, 27, of Meir; and Jordan Winyard, 28, of no fixed address

Bahruzi was sentenced to two years in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after he previously admitted violent disorder in Hanley.

Police said he was identified on footage throwing rocks and missiles at officers and members of the public.

Jones was sentenced at the same court to two years and two months after he previously admitted violent disorder in Stoke-on-Trent and possession of cannabis.

He was caught on CCTV launching a brick at officers and shouting abuse, according to Staffordshire Police.

Winyard was given a three-year sentence at Stafford Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to violent disorder in Tamworth on 4 August.

He wore a pig mask as he launched missiles at police officers, police dogs and the Holiday Inn Express hotel, according to Staffordshire Police.

The force recently said it had arrested a total of 114 people and charged 46 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 unrest was fuelled by false claims on social media that the suspect was an asylum seeker.

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