'Violent spitting criminal thug' won't be smiling any more after Southport riot sentence

John Rasburn, 47, was captured connected CCTV spitting and throwing cones astatine constabulary officers during the Southport riots - helium aboriginal handed himself into constabulary and has present been jailed

A antheral who spat astatine and kicked constabulary officers during the Southport riots and grinned successful his mugshot has been enactment sentenced to situation time.

John Rasburn, 47, besides threw cones astatine constabulary officers aft joining successful the upset successful the municipality which followed the fatal stabbings past July. Detectives said Rasburn went connected the tally aft the incident, but 'ultimately knew helium couldn't fell forever' and turned himself successful to Greater Manchester Police. He was sentenced contiguous to 2 years and 8 months down bars.

Violence erupted successful the Merseyside municipality aft a mob formed pursuing the tragic murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine. The girls were killed by Axel Rudakubana, 18, during a Taylor Swift-themed creation people connected July 29 past year.

In the ensuing riot the pursuing time much than 50 officers were injured, with windows smashed and walls and cars damaged. Rasburn, from Wigan, appeared astatine Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing aft pleading blameworthy astatine an earlier hearing.

He was caught connected CCTV astir the beforehand of the upset connected St Luke's Road successful Southport, throwing a postulation cone astatine officers who had formed. He past confronted officers earlier spitting astatine them, reports the Manchester Evening News. He was besides seen throwing an point astatine officers earlier moving up to 1 and kicking them.

On August 11 past year, Merseyside Police made an entreaty for Rasburn arsenic wanted for his relation successful the disorder. He handed himself successful to a constabulary presumption successful Greater Manchester connected January 16, and was charged with convulsive upset and assaulting 2 exigency workers the adjacent day.

On Friday, Rasburn received a condemnation of 2 years and 8 months successful prison. Detective Sergeant Duncan Sloan said: "Rasburn went connected to the tally but yet knew helium couldn’t fell everlastingly and would request to reply for his actions and the relation helium played that time to a assemblage that was successful mourning. He yet handed himself in, albeit 5 months later. I anticipation Rasburn takes the clip portion successful situation to bespeak connected his shocking actions that day.

"We are relentless successful bringing those who helped origin specified unit and disruption to our communities to justness and proceed to beryllium committed to guarantee those liable are held to account. We are identifying much radical who displayed specified abhorrent behaviour which damaged our communities, and would promote anyone with accusation to interaction us." The unit said the fig of radical arrested implicit the upset successful Merseyside present stands astatine 171, with 129 charged and 106 sentenced to a combined 208 years successful prison.