Southport rioter pelted in groin and face with bricks faces jail sentence

A Southport rioter who went viral aft being pelted with bricks successful the caput and groin is facing a situation sentence.

Father-of-five Brian Spencer made headlines implicit the summer aft video footage showed him provoking riot constabulary successful Southport lone to find himself connected the receiving extremity of immoderate instant karma.

‘Party animal’ Spencer, 40, was struck doubly successful the backmost and beforehand of his caput aft gyrating successful beforehand of officers, earlier turning astir and being deed for a 3rd clip successful the crotch.

Spencer, who works arsenic a creator and decorator, was admitted to infirmary pursuing the barrage, wherever helium was aboriginal arrested aft officers recognised him from the viral footage.

While successful hospital, helium was besides recovered blameworthy of racially abusing a Polish-speaking patient, the Mail reports.

Appearing successful Sefton magistrates’ court, Spencer was told helium caused ‘harassment, alarm oregon distress’ to the diligent portion recovering successful hospital.

He faces a ‘starting point’ of 3 years successful jailhouse erstwhile helium is sentenced astatine Liverpool Crown Court adjacent week, they added.

The magistrates tribunal said its ain powers were insufficient to woody with the case.

Spencer joined rioters successful Southport connected July 30, a time aft three young girls were stabbed to decease while attending a Taylor Swift-themed creation class.

Wearing a grey tracksuit, helium was filmed swinging his hips and dancing successful beforehand of a enactment of constabulary officers earlier striking a airs successful an effort to taunt them.

During his attempts to provoke the officers, helium was astir knocked to the crushed erstwhile a ample ceramic ricocheted disconnected a riot shield into his face, portion different deed the backmost of his head.

As Spencer stumbled distant successful pain, rubbing the backmost of his head, different flying ceramic struck him close successful the groin.

He shouted ‘f***ing hellhole boys’ arsenic 2 different rioters helped him retired of the crowd.

One Southport section said astatine the time: ‘People are saying the protesters were outsiders who came her to origin occupation – but Brian came from conscionable up the road.

‘Everyone knows Brian. He’s a spot of a enactment carnal and I deliberation helium conscionable got excited past night. His caput volition beryllium hurting this morning.’

Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 18, from Banks, Lancs, has been charged with 3 counts of execution and 10 counts of attempted murder.

He is besides charged with producing the toxin ricin and possessing an Al-Qaeda coercion manual.

Spencer, of Lytham Road, Southport, was released connected conditional bail.

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