Man jailed for two years and six months after Blackpool riot
A man who assaulted an emergency worker during the riots in Blackpool has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison. Roger Haywood, 41, pleaded guilty to the charge. The judge said Haywood wanted "to create a serious, violent incident". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Your aim was clear. You wanted to create a serious, violent and dangerous incident.
00:07Despite the obvious danger to them, the officers were completely professional.
00:12Thanks to their skill and professionalism, and despite your best efforts,
00:18your actions did not result in serious injury to others at that time.
00:24Following that part of the incident, it was clear that you still regarded yourself as a leader.
00:29You took a loud hailer from another person and tried to make your voice heard again,
00:34but were apparently too intoxicated to work out how to use the loud hailer.
00:40I passed sentences of three weeks for each assault on an emergency worker,
00:44concurrent with each other, and the sentence for the violent disorder.
00:49That means that the total sentence is 30 months' imprisonment.