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We are wrapping up our coverage of what's happened in courts across the country today, as sentences were handed down to several people involved in last month's violent unrest.

Here's the latest:

• A 15-year-old boy is believed to be the first youth to receive a custodial sentence for taking part in the violent protests. He was given a four-month detention and training order
• Barbara Barker, 52, from Manchester, pleaded not guilty to a charge of violent disorder for buying eggs which were then used by protestors to throw during a riot
• One of the first people to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers during the riots was sentenced to three years in jail. Craden McKenzie entered the hotel in Rotherham, and was involved in a crowd attacking police outside the building
• Christopher Beard, 33, soon to be a grandfather, had a "maniacal grin" on his face while he built a bonfire, piled up wheelie bins and threw objects at police. He has been jailed for nearly three years

• Police have released new CCTV images as part of a Merseyside disorder probe following on from the violent protests
• Latest figures show that the Crown Prosecution Service have brought a total number of 796 charges up to the evening of 1 September, against 595 defendants
• A man who claimed he was trapped on the wrong side of the police line at a protest in Merseyside has been jailed - the judge called Lee Powell, 46, a "member of the mob"
• A Romanian driver who was targeted by a mob in Hull spoke to the BBC and says the incident was "very traumatic"

Thank you for staying with us - for a full round up click here.

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In the aftermath of the widespread riots, the judiciary asked magistrates' courts to delay sending some criminals to prison owing to the overcrowding crisis - as fewer than 100 spaces were left in men's prisons.

How are the prisons coping - and what's the plan?

• The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said they were looking to "boost capacity" and "ensure cells are ready to receive those sent to custody" in the wake of the riots
• Latest figures released by the MoJ on 23 August put the current population of the male prison estate in England and Wales at 84,596, with the female figure at 3,638 - the highest total end of week number since weekly data was first published in 2011

• The current operational capacity of the prison system is 89,383 people, covering both the male and female estate
• Police have made a total number of 796 charges up to the evening of 1 September, against 595 defendants
• Early release measures are due to come into place on 10 September as the new legislation could see 5,500 offenders released in September and October

An MoJ spokesperson said "staff across the whole criminal justice system are working incredibly hard and the government will continue to support them before the changes come into effect on 10 September."

David Cowan
Home Affairs Correspondent, BBC Scotland

Prosecutors say they've put plans in place for a "robust and swift" response if there's any rioting and public disorder in Scotland.

The announcement follows posts on social media by the far right leader Tommy Robinson, who said in July that a "pro-UK peaceful protest" will be held in Glasgow this Saturday.

An anti-racism rally is being organised in response. Scotland's prosecution service is instructing police to remand suspects in custody and cases will be fast tracked through the courts.

Police Scotland says it has no specific intelligence to suggest any disorder is going take place. There were no riots in the country whilst they were happening in England and Northern Ireland in July and August.

A homeless man has been jailed for 22 months at Manchester Crown Court today for stealing during riots on 3 August.

Scott Chadwick, 34, stole alcohol from a Sainsbury's supermarket and tried to steal from a vape shop whilst the unrest occurred in the city centre.

Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Dean KC told him: "What you did has got nothing to do with protest, politics or events in Southport and everything to do with the mob mentality when people gathered.

"It's just loutish, looting behaviour.

"This was utterly shameful behaviour of the type that plainly requires a sentence of immediate custody."

A man who chanted a racially offensive phrase at a line of police officers during disorder in Whitehall has been jailed for 24 weeks for racially aggravated harassment.

Jordan Rawlings, 25, from Ritson Avenue, Bearpark, Durham, was among more than 700 people who gathered for a protest opposite Downing Street at around 18:30 on 31 July, following a similar demonstration in Southport, a court heard.

Video played in court showed a group of men also shouting "You're not English any more" and calling the officers "scum".

Rawlings was initially arrested at the scene, de-arrested when the situation was under control, then re-arrested at Darlington railway station when he was trying to travel to London on 8 August, following further analysis of CCTV by police.

At his first appearance before magistrates, Rawlings, who has no previous convictions, admitted causing harassment, alarm or distress that was racially aggravated.

Gary Wood, defending, said: "He has clearly been swept away with the behaviour that was going on and it is behaviour he very much regrets."

The judge said: "You chose to be part of an organised and largescale act of civil unrest.

"In the course of that you were part of a group that was aggressive towards police officers and chanting racist insults."

The judge said a suspended sentence was inappropriate and jailed him for 24 weeks.

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A 40-year-old man has been jailed for two years for his involvement in an anti-immigration protest in Bristol on 3 August.

Bristol Crown Court heard that Marc Donavon, from Wells, had "kicked out" at people, thrown objects at police and poured liquid on a passing cyclist.

He was also seen to have encouraged other protestors by filming them.

Donavon handed himself in and pleaded guilty to the charge of violent disorder.

Judge Michael Cullum reminded the defendant that it was his choice to attend the protest.

“The febrile atmosphere must have made it clear right from the word go that this was going to be, and was, teetering on the point of disorder," Judge Cullum said.

“You could have gone home and been the responsible family man that you had otherwise previously been.

“This was a deliberately violent protest, and you aligned yourself to it.”

Barbara Barker, 52, pleaded not guilty to a charge of violent disorder at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.

She is accused of buying eggs which were then thrown by protestors outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Manchester on 31 July.

Barker, of Tyndall Avenue in Moston, was bailed and a further hearing will take place on 29 November, with a trial scheduled for 13 February.

Two more men have been sentenced for their involvement in violent protests across Bristol on 3 August.

Daniel Lock, 31, was given two years for what Judge Michael Cullum said was "completely stupid behaviour".

Bristol Crown Court heard how the electrician, from Kingswood, had become involved in a fight after someone had spat on him.

Separately, Thomas Medler, 24, from Lockleaze, was sentenced today to 34 months for violent disorder at the same riot. He also received eight months for breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

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One of the first people to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers during riots in Rotherham has been jailed for three years for violent disorder.

Craden McKenzie, 26, was seen on video climbing into a Holiday Inn Express in Manvers on 4 August after the windows had been smashed in.

Sheffield Crown Court also saw footage showing the criminal in a crowd that was attacking a group of police outside the building.

McKenzie could be seen at the front of the crowd, hitting police shields.

Judge Richardson KC said McKenzie, from Barnsley, was a “central participant in the most serious aspects” of the disorder, which left 64 police officers, three police horses and a police dog injured.

He handed himself in and told police he went into the hotel to see the conditions that the asylum seekers were living in.

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Liverpool Crown Court heard Adam Latty, 24, of Radnor Drive, Southport, was identified by a distinctive tattoo on his arm, after he took his top off and tied it around the lower part of his face.

Louise McCloskey, prosecuting, said he was seen throwing missiles, including a glass bottle, toward police. Charles Lander, defending, said he was of previous good character and worked as a contractor in the water industry but had now lost his job.

Judge Andrew Menary KC said: "It is a great shame someone of your past character should find yourself in the dock of a crown court facing such a serious and utterly pointless criminal offence."

Latty was jailed for 20 months after admitting violent disorder at an earlier hearing.

After the fatal stabbing of three children in Southport, riots broke out across England, and in Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Crowds attacked mosques and accommodation housing asylum seekers, cars and buildings were set on fire, and shops looted. The Police Federation estimated more than 100 officers were injured.

Counter-demonstrators responded with a series of rallies, which you can read more about here.

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A man who said he became "trapped" on the wrong side of the police line after laying flowers has been jailed for violent disorder.

Lee Powell, 46, of Fountains Road, Liverpool, claimed he was trying to get back to his car during the unrest.

Judge Andrew Menary said he "utterly" rejected that account, as he handed him a two year and four month sentence.

"Your role was not some benign one. You abused officers at close quarters and on two occasions, for sure, you threw an item or items at officers", Judge Menary said.

Judge Menary added that Powell was "in the classical sense, a member of the mob, giving out encouragement to the group".

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Merseyside Police have issued an appeal asking for the public's help in identifying people on CCTV footage "who could have information" in relation to disorder in Merseyside.

In a statement, the force says: "If you know any of these people pictured, or you recognise yourself in one of these images, please come forward as a matter of urgency because we believe the people in these images could be able to help our inquiries."

Anyone with information can call 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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A man who had a "maniacal grin" on his face while he built a bonfire, piled up wheelie bins and threw objects at police during unrest outside a Merseyside mosque on 30 July has been jailed for two years and eight months.

Christopher Beard, 33, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Beard is about to become a grandfather but he lost his job since he was caught on footage "enjoying the chaos", Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Louise McCloskey, prosecuting, said that in the video - taken as police vehicles tried to move away - Beard could be seen "turning and laughing, with what can only be described as a maniacal grin, towards the crowd".

Charles Lander, defending, said Beard, from Wigan, had been working in the area and had gone to "show some respect".

Judge Andrew Menary said: "It is no mitigation at all to say you, or some of you, went simply to pay your respects. That lies ill in the mouth of any of you, given your subsequent behaviour."

"There's footage of you literally building a bonfire in the middle of the road, pulling wheelie bins on top of each other."

A 15-year-old boy is believed to have become the first youth to receive a custodial sentence for taking part in the violent protests.

The teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons, joined an anti-immigration march in Bristol on 3 August.

He was involved in clashes with police in Castle Park, on Bristol Bridge and near a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Bristol Crown Court heard the defendant, who had drunk a couple of cans of cider, was swearing at police and also participated in chanting.

The prosecutor told the court he was also filmed near a hotel throwing a chair at a stationary police vehicle and kicking it.

The boy later handed himself over to police and pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Addressing the court, the boy, who has no previous convictions, said: "I really regret it and wish I didn't go that day. I am very sorry."

District Justice Nicholas Wattam imposed a four-month detention and training order.

"Ultimately you participated in an incident involving persistent disorder directed towards the police and public."

The judge added: "The primary purpose of youth justice is to prevent reoffending.

"My view is that this offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified."

The boy was released on conditional bail until his appeal hearing is heard in court.

As we've reported, Yvette Cooper said the riots across UK cities and towns were met with a "swift response" from the government and criminal justice system.

Here's a look at some of the measures that were adopted in the wake of the disorder:

• A new National Violent Disorder Programme was set up by the government to "share intelligence on the activity of violent groups"
• Public order officers worked additional hours and their rest days were cancelled, Cooper said
• The Crown Prosecution Service deployed over 100 additional prosecutors to boost their charging service
• The Ministry of Justice said it would speed up its plan to open 500 new prison places
• The Home Office offered emergency security to mosques, established a "rapid procedure" for support
• More riot police were put on standby and forces also stepped up neighbourhood policing patrols

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Violent and criminal acts seen on the streets earlier in the summer were not protests but "thuggery, racism and crime", the home secretary has said.

Addressing the chamber yesterday about the unrest seen across the country in July and August, Yvette Cooper added that hundreds of people had been brought before the courts for "offences such as violent disorder, assaults on emergency workers, arson and encouraging violent attacks online".

Cooper continued:

Over 40,000 officer shifts were worked by public order officers in 10 days, she added, saying the government planned to put "thousands more" community police on the streets.

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Three more people have been jailed after admitting their part in riots during July and August.

Unrest in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough on 31 July and 4 August was part of a wave of disorder which spread across the country following the Southport stabbings and anti-immigration fuelled social media misinformation.

Dylan Willis, 18, Natalie Wood, 39, and John Barton, 33, all from Hartlepool, have been jailed for violent disorder at Teesside Crown Court.

Barton and Wood were sentenced to 27 months in prison for the Hartlepool disorder, while Willis will spend 14 months in a young offenders institution for participating in the Middlesbrough riot.

Supt Marc Anderson, who was Silver Commander during the Middlesbrough disorder, said he had never "seen anything like" it in his 30 years of service.

Pritti Mistry
BBC News

One of the most shocking scenes during the riots a month ago was of a mob attacking a silver BMW car with three Romanian men inside.

The vicious incident was captured and played out to millions on social media as it happened, with the videos analysed by BBC Verify.

In his first broadcast interview, the Romanian driver, who wishes to remain anonymous, has spoken of his ordeal and says he is still traumatised by the angry men who ferociously descended on his car.

"We could've died there," he says, speaking through a translator.

"So to think you are dying - it's very, very traumatic."

When I ask him why he thought his car was singled out, he replies: "They see me and my cousin [our] colour is a little dark and we have a beard.

"They think we are Muslim, but we are not. We are Romanian people, and Christian."

You can read more here.

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As we've been reporting, a number of violent riots broke out across parts of the country in July and August, following the fatal stabbings of three young girls in Southport in July.

The violence in England and Northern Ireland was fuelled by misinformation online, the far-right and anti-immigration sentiment.

Since 29 July:

• Police have made a total of 1280 arrests, according to the latest data from the National Police Chiefs’ Council
• Together, policing and the Crown Prosecution Service have brought a total number of 796 charges up to the evening of 1 September, against 595 defendants

You can read more about some of the rioters here.