LR: David Notley, Donna Conniff, and Niven Matthewman are all in prison. (Image: Met Police/Cleveland Police/South Yorkshire Police)
A man shouting “I don't speak English” to London police was among the last protesters to be arrested.
David Notley, 67, of Buckhurst Hill, Epping Forest, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court in a second trial (August 19) after pleading guilty to violent disorder and aggravated religious distress.
Promoter Alex Agbamu said “members and supporters of extremist direct organisations” would take part in the protest in Whitehall on July 31.
Agbamu said Notley was held up in front of the crowd and faced police in a “fighting stance,” turning and twirling.
Notley also sings: “Você não é mais inglês” and “Quem diabos é Alá?”, ouviu o tribunal.
He helped push another protester against a police officer, leading to a confrontation between police and protesters, second or foremost, and then stayed in front of the crowd.
Meanwhile, one of six children arrested by police during a violent protest in Hartlepool has been jailed for two years, with their actions described as “truly disgraceful”.
Donna Cunniff, 40, was identified through security camera and video footage of the protest on Murray Street on the night of July 31, where she was seen throwing a gun and rocks at a line of police officers. She was arrested on August 13.
Cunniffe, of Alford Court in Hartlepool, County Durham, was seen wearing black and dark glasses as he handed out a ticket to a young man who was running towards police. She was also part of a crowd advancing towards the police and was seen applauding as the tickets were released.
Martin Scarborough, defending Conniff, told Teesside Crown Court on the second day that the protest, which was announced on social media, had happened “by chance” at about 6pm.
“She knows there can only be one sentence, given the nature of what we saw,” he said. “Esso has no political motives in her name, she is truly sorry for her behavior.
He had thought a lot about how to act, and this was the first time he had been in custody. “She is a woman with no recent convictions, and she is not prone to violence.”
Francis Laird KC ruled that Conniff, who had previously pleaded guilty to violence, was remorseful, but said a prison sentence was the right course for the year.
“Their behaviour and the behaviour of others around them is truly disgraceful,” he told Conniff. “I have always been involved in disturbances in a crowded residential area.
“I understand that you do not live an easy life. You have abandoned your care and are now taking care of your former companion. Você feels sorry, but he chose to participate in an organized and large-scale act of public disorder.
“The police are under attack, and members of the public are forced to endure the destruction and chaos in their community. The public is rightly angry. “There is hardly any justification for a prison sentence.”
Conniff must complete her 24-month prison sentence before being released on licence.
Separately, on the second day, a man was arrested after shooting at a series of police and shouting “Yorkshire, Yorkshire” outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.
Nevin Matthewman, 19, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison at Sheffield Crown Court for violent disorder on August 4 in Rotherham.
Judge Jeremy Richardson KC believed Matthewman was part of an “ignorant mob” involved in a racially motivated riot, and said the incident was “very frightening for those who were there”.
The court heard that 58 police officers were injured as a result of the incident, in addition to three police officers and one police officer.
“I can’t imagine why a 19-year-old with no previous conviction would want to participate and should be punished,” Judge Richardson told Mathewman.
The judge said Matthew would be detained in a young offenders' institution and subject to a criminal behaviour order for 10 years.
“Yorkshire, Yorkshire,” Matthewman shouted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham. (Image: Getty)
As such, one of them managed to escape from prison after accusing the police and boys of being “bad” during a demonstration in Whitehall.
Kelly Wildgo, 41, of Greenwich, was given a four-month suspended sentence at Inner London Crown Court on day two after admitting assaulting an emergency worker.
Agbamu, the promoter, said Wildego shouted to police “you are all a band of idiots” and “you will die of your semis,” before running toward them and saying “f****** little – you tell me most of the violence broke out around 8:45 p.m. on July 31.”
Video footage will show that this is algemada no chao. Mr Agbamo said the event was “isolated” and gave rise to the previous disturbance and “without explanation”. The promoter told the court that during a police interview, Wildjo admitted his behaviour and expressed remorse.
