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Another man facing sentencing over his actions during disturbances in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre on 3 August is Liam Ryan, 28, of Thirkleby Royd, Clayton.

Ryan admitted violent disorder and pleaded guilty after the prosecution said he played an "active role in the disorder".

Prosecutor Laura Peers said a "large group of far-right protesters" were seen engaging in an "altercation with one black male", which was filmed by members of the group and uploaded on social media.

Peers said: "Ryan was seen on the footage aiming a punch towards the male involved."

Jake Lowther, of Abrams Fold, Banks, 20, has just been sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders' institute, after throwing stones at police during disorder in Southport.

Judge Neil Flewitt KC said footage of the incident showed Lowther picking up two pieces of brick or stone from a broken wall and throwing them towards police, with one hitting a riot shield.

Lowther's lawyer, Stuart Mills, said his client had ADHD and had been "swept up in the moment".

The judge told the court: "There's no evidence your condition in anyway reduces your culpability."

We're expecting to find out the sentence of Warren Gilchrest today, who was convicted of "encouraging violence" during large-scale disorder in Manchester city centre on 3 August.

Gilchrest, 52, of North Road, Manchester, pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Manchester Magistrates’ Court earlier this month, telling Judge Joanne Hirst: "I’m guilty miss, but I’m not sure what it means."

The prosecution said that a "large group of far-right protesters" had gathered in Piccadilly Gardens where Gilchrest was "filming, goading the crowd and encouraging violence" and "actively encouraging others" to assault a man as well as making "numerous racist or racially aggravated comments".

District Judge Hirst told Gilchrest he was involved in disorder "which shames us all".

The early release of thousands of prisoners at the start of September will increase demands on a probation service that is already under "huge pressure" the chief inspector of probation has said.

Speaking this morning on the Today programme, Martin Jones said the announcement that some prisoners in England and Wales will be released after they have served 40% of their sentence, instead of 50%, would have an impact on the probation service's ability to support ex-prisoners' transitions into the community and help prevent reoffending.

Jones recognised that overcrowding in prisons forced the government to take action, and that eight weeks' notice gave the probation service a "fighting chance" to prepare, adding that he was impressed by efforts to meet the challenge.

He said that the biggest problem for probation officers was excessive case loads, and staffing levels will require urgent attention going forward.

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As people are sentenced for their roles in recent violent disorder, a government plan is underway to release some prisoners from jails early. It's an emergency measure to ease prison overcrowding known as Operation Early Dawn.

Here's how it works:

• Defendants will only be summoned to a magistrates' court when a space in prison is ready for them
• This means court cases could be delayed, with people kept in police holding cells or released on bail while they await trial

• Ongoing trials in the Crown Court will not be directly impacted, the government says
• It also says anyone who "poses a risk to the public" will not be bailed and the police's ability to arrest criminals will not be affected
• Prisons in the North East and Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and East and West Midlands will be affected
• Operation Early Dawn will be kept under "constant review" and will be activated and deactivated as needed, the government says

You can read more about the plans here.

Hundreds of people are appearing in court after being charged with a variety of offences during the violent disorder at the end of July and beginning of August.

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

People have been found guilty of online offences such as inciting and stirring racial hatred, violent disorder and assaulting emergency service workers.

Those sentenced include a man who used racist slurs and shouted at a police dog, and another man who threw missiles at police protecting a hotel housing asylum seekers.

You can read a rundown of the sentences so far here.

More people are due in court this morning to be sentenced for their role in the violent unrest that began just over three weeks ago.

In Manchester:

• Warren Gilchrest, 52, of North Road, Manchester, for 'encouraging violence' during disorder in the city
• Liam Ryan, 28, of Thirkleby Royd, Bradford, West Yorkshire, for violent disorder after aiming a punch at a black man in the city centre
• Aaron Johnson, 32, of Criterion Street, North Reddish, for inciting racial hatred on a live stream outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Stockport

In Hampshire:

• Perrie Fisher, 29, of Hillside Road, Farnham, for violent disorder in Aldershot outside a hotel housing asylum seekers

In Liverpool:

• Jake Lowther, 20, of Banks, Lancashire, Thomas Whitehead, 53, of Southport, Daniel Carrigan, 41, of Liverpool, Luke Moran, 38, of Birkdale and Nicholas Sinclair, 38, of Birkdale, for violent disorder following riots in Southport

We'll be following the sentencings throughout today, so stay with us.

Carrie Davies
Pakistan correspondent

Police officials in Pakistan have told the BBC that Farhan Asif, a Pakistani man linked to spreading false information thought to have fuelled riots in the UK has been arrested on suspicion of cyber terrorism.

Asif is linked to Channel3Now, a website which posted an article in the hours after the Southport attack giving a false name of the attacker and suggesting that he was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat last year.

The article was widely quoted in viral posts on social media.

Yesterday, police in Lahore had told the BBC that they had questioned Asif about the article.

An officer told the BBC that Asif said he had written the article based on information copied from a UK based social media account without verifying it and that he ran the website alone.

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency have since taken up the case and will investigate whether anyone further is involved.

• Read more on that here

Update at 12:45 BST: This article originally reported that police in Pakistan had told the BBC that Farhan Asif had been charged with cyber terrorism. The police have since confirmed he is under arrest but has not been charged and we have updated the post to make that clear.

Jacqueline Howard
Live page editor

Several more people are due to be sentenced this morning over the violent disorder that plagued much of the country in late July and early August.

So far, we've seen judges around the country hand down sentences ranging from several months to six years.

Among the cases on our radar today is a man who pleaded guilty to "encouraging violence" during disorder in Manchester, as well as another relating to a livestream broadcast online.

We have our team of correspondents and experts stationed, ready to analyse the cases as they happen.

Sam Hancock
Live page editor

Sentences continue to be handed down in courts across the country, with a judge in Manchester earlier telling one rioter - as he was jailed for two years and two months - that "severe sentences are likely not just to punish you but also to deter others".

The Crown Prosecution Service says 494 people have now been charged in relation to the unrest, with more than 150 people already sentenced - most have been sent to jail.

If you want to read more about the sentences and, in some cases, see the faces of those jailed - use this BBC interactive tool. It has useful information, including who's been given longer sentences and for what offence.

We'll be back with more live coverage tomorrow, but if you want to read more on what happened today then head here.

This page was written by Suneil Asar and Gabriela Pomeroy, and it was edited by Johanna Chisholm and me.

Before we pause our sentencings coverage for the day, here's a reminder of some of the latest people to be given prison time:

• David Jordan, 59, was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to violent disorder after he threw an object at police and was heard making racial slurs in front of a Holiday Inn, which was housing asylum seekers, in Tamworth
• Bradley McCarthy, 34, admitted to violent disorder after he shouted at a police dog and used racial slurs against counter-protesters during unrest in Bristol - he was jailed for 20 months.
• Liam Gray, 20, pleaded guilty to violent disorder after unrest outside another hotel housing asylum seekers, in Rotherham - his family claimed there isn't "a racist bone in his body" as he was sentenced to three years at a young offenders institution
• And Lee Crisp, 42, who was involved in the same action in Rotherham, was sentenced to three years and four months after also pleaded guilty to violent disorder. A judge said Crisp's behaviour was "truly dreadful"

A mechanical engineer, who threw bricks at police during unrest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Newton Heath, Manchester, has been jailed for two years and two months.

Dane Freeman, 25, of Timson Street, Failsworth, had admitted violent disorder during the incident on 31 July.

Despite wearing a face mask, Freeman, who was later identified by distinctive tattoos on his arm, was captured on video among of mob of others smashing house bricks and then launching the fragments at police surrounding the hotel.

Judge Patrick Field KC, sentencing, said Freeman was another example of a young man who has little acquaintance with criminal proceedings but, in recent weeks, had become involved in unacceptable violence without any explanation.

"This sort of behaviour will not and cannot be tolerated. Severe sentences are likely not just to punish you but also to deter others who might think they want to launch bricks at police officers because they are angry about something," Field told Freeman.

Carrie Davies
Pakistan correspondent

Police in Pakistan have told the BBC that they've questioned a man connected to a website that spread false information thought to have fuelled riots in the UK.

Farhan Asif is connected to Channel3Now website. In the hours after the attack, it posted an article about the Southport attacker giving a false name and wrongly suggesting the attacker was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat last year. This article was then widely quoted in viral posts on X.

According to a police official, Asif said he had written the article himself based on information he copied from a UK based X account, creating an article without verification.

When the UK police issued a statement stating that this information was false, Asif said he deleted the story and posted an apology, but the damage had already been done.

• For context: The violence that broke out in England and Northern Ireland was triggered at the end of July by a stabbing attack in Southport, which left three young girls dead. Misinformation was then spread online about the attacker's identity, including unfounded claims that he was Muslim. You can read more on all that here.

Victoria Scheer
Reporting from Sheffield Crown Court

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A rioter - part of a mob who physically and verbally attacked police guarding a hotel housing asylum seekers - has been jailed.

David Chadwick, 36, was filmed picking up a large piece of wood which he threw at officers outside the Holiday Inn Express, in Manvers, Rotherham on 4 August.

On two occasions, the father-of-one also poured the contents of a can over a police officer who was attempting to drive a police dog van to safety. The van was later violently rocked from side to side, causing the two officers inside the vehicle to "fear for their lives".

The court heard Chadwick had a number of previous convictions, including Section 20 wounding, affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and battery.

In a letter to the court, Chadwick said he was "sorry" for his involvement in the riot, adding: "I have let myself down, I have let my family and friends down and I have let my whole community down."

Chadwick, of Furlong Road, Goldthorpe, Barnsley, had previously pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment on Tuesday. He was also made the subject of a criminal behaviour order for 10 years.

Judge Jeremy Richardson KC told Chadwick he was "a dreadful example" to his five-year-old son.

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Two more convictions to bring you now.

A father has been jailed for 28 months after throwing a missile and shouting racist remarks during a protest in Tamworth.

David Jordan, 59, was charged with violent disorder after video footage showed him throwing an object towards a line of police in front of the Holiday Inn Express hotel in the Staffordshire town, where migrants were being housed, on 4 August.

The defendant, of Tamworth Road, Tamworth, could also be heard shouting towards the hotel and swearing at police officers.

And then at the Inner London Crown Court, a 28-year-old tree surgeon was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to violent disorder in Whitehall, London on 31 July.

Bradley Halton, 28, of Hounslow, west London, was filmed chanting offensive language and shouting racist remarks at police officers during the unrest.

He was arrested on 11 August and charged with violent disorder and racially/religiously aggravated harassment, the latter of which he was ordered to pay £400 for at Westminster Magistrates' Court last week.

Victoria Scheer
Reporting from Sheffield Crown Court

A man who threatened violence and cheered as missiles were thrown at police who were trying to protect a hotel that housed asylum seekers has been jailed.

Lee Crisp “actively encouraged” rioters who had gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham, on 4 August.

The 42-year-old factory worker told officers they should be “ashamed of themselves”, shouted “let’s go toe to toe” and made racist comments.

At Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday, Crisp, of Mount Road, Grimethorpe, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment.

He was also made subject of a criminal behaviour order for 10 years.

Passing the sentence, the Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, told Crisp his behaviour had been “truly dreadful”.

During his first appearance at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court, Crisp had claimed he accidentally got caught up in the riot when taking his mother for Sunday lunch.

It's been a busy day in courts across the country. Here's a quick catch up on what's been happening:

• The Crown Prosecution Service says 494 people have now been charged in England and Wales with offences related to the recent public disorder

• We had news of 'swift justice' for some of the rioters at the Holiday Inn Express, in Manvers, Rotherham - which housed asylum seekers - earlier this month. One of them - a 20-year-old man in Sheffield - was sentenced to three years in a young offender institution after pleading guilty to violent disorder
• Separately, a 31-year-old will go on trial in December, accused among other things of arson after being part of a group which pushed a burning bin against the hotel
• In Bristol, a 15-year-old pleaded guilty to violent disorder. He was given bail and will be back for sentencing in late September. And a 38-year-old single father was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to violent disorder - he threw concrete blocks, bricks and bottles at police

• Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens told the BBC earlier more about Operation Early Dawn, which allows people to be held in police cells until prison space is freed up. She said the measure is "used for a matter of days or at the most months" and that male prisons in some places are 99% full

A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to violent disorder following disturbances in Bristol on 3 August.

The 15-year-old - who can't be named - appeared in court in Bristol accused of being involved in the violence and only spoke to confirm his personal details and enter his plea.

District Judge Lynne Matthews said: "I would not use the words stupid and silly. I would use words criminal, disorder, violence and you will be sentenced accordingly.

"You will come back for sentence on 25 September and I am going to give you bail."

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In case you missed the news yesterday, here's a reminder of how the government's emergency prison measures will work:

• Defendants will only be summoned to a magistrates' court when a space in prison is ready for them, the government says
• This means court cases could be delayed, with people kept in police holding cells or released on bail while they await trial
• The Prisons Service, courts and police will assess which defendants can be transferred from police cells to courts to ensure there is a space for them if they are remanded in custody
• Ongoing trials in the Crown Court will not be directly impacted, the government says
• It also says anyone who "poses a risk to the public" will not be bailed and the police's ability to arrest criminals will not be affected
• Prisons in the North East and Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and East and West Midlands will be affected
• Operation Early Dawn will be kept under "constant review" and will be activated and deactivated as needed, the government says
• The system was previously used in May under the last government

You can read more about the plans here.

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As more and more people are charged with offences related to the unrest (see our last post), concerns remain about the shortage of prison places available.

Yesterday, the government activated an emergency measure known as Operation Early Dawn to ease prison overcrowding - meaning defendants waiting for a court appearance across the north of England and parts of the Midlands will be kept in police cells until prison space is available.

Wales Secretary Jo Stevens was on the airwaves earlier, saying the government expects the system - which has been used before - "to be a short term measure".

It's a longstanding contingency measure, she explained on Radio 4's Today programme, which is "used for a matter of days or at the most months to tackle immediate pressures". She said male prisons in some places are 99% full.

Asked about the maximum amount of time someone would be held in a police cell, Stevens added: "We would anticipate that this should be no longer than a day after being charged. That's the basis on which we are working."