More Henry Nowak protesters jailed for disorder during Southampton demonstration in memory of teen

Reece Robinson, 21, charged with violent disorder, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court today to 2 years' imprisonment.

Bridget O’Hagen, defending, told the court when arrested at his home on June 3, he told the police he “hadn’t done much".

The court heard he entered a guilty plea at the earliest stage, had no previous convictions or "even a parking ticket", and described his violent disorder as an “action of throwing two stones".

Daniel Frost, 44, was sentenced to 2 years and 4 months imprisonment for violent disorder and possessing a dog lead with a metal carabiner attached as an offence.

Francesca Dicosta, defending, said he had not planned on attending, but as a father felt "struck" and joined in what “in his view (was) simply a protest against the police”.

Ms Dicosta said “no injuries were caused by his involvement” but “he lost his tooth following a blow he believes (was) from the officer".

The court heard Frost “ran his mouth off” at the police, saying it was the crowd's turn to “take the streets".

Judge William Mousley KC said he remained at the front of the group, “filming and taunting” police.

In a statement from the mother of his children, she said: “It will be her and the children that suffer most from his imprisonment.”

The protest that took place last Tuesday led to 11 officers and one police dog being injured.

More than a thousand demonstrators gathered to protest against the officers arresting Henry Nowak after he was stabbed by Vickram Digwa.

Opening the sentencing, the prosecution told the court a quarter of protesters appeared to be drinking alcohol and many were wearing masks to cover their faces.

Siobahn Lindsley, defending, told the court the protest had a “different dynamic” to the peaceful demonstration that took place a week prior.

The court heard violent disorder broke out and lasted around two and a half hours, in which “police came under almost constant assault from projectiles thrown from the crowd".

She described the "bane mob” as “extremely aggressive".

An impact statement from an officer was read out in court, in which she said she had “never experienced such violence or hatred towards the police like this" in her 12 years in emergency services.

Continuing, she said: "At one point she didn't think they were going to make it out alive, or without serious injury.”

The prosecution told the court there was an incorrect address circulating, an address the crowd believed to be Digwa's.

An impact statement from a resident, whose home address has appeared on several news and social media channels, said: “We felt trapped and couldn't leave.”

The resident who was “terrified” said “she had no idea what was going to happen or what they were capable of".

Meanwhile, Kevin Reeves, 31, has pleaded guilty to using "a traffic cone and other large objects" and encouraging others to use these "large objects" to target officers during the protest.

He will return to Southampton Crown Court on June 30 to be sentenced.

Earlier today, Connor Bishop, 24, and Leon O'Leary, 41, became the first people to be jailed for their disorderly conduct during the protest.

Bishop was sentenced to two years and eight months, while O'Leary was jailed for three years and one month.

The protest and conduct that followed came after the release of police-worn bodycam footage, in which officers handcuffed and arrested Mr Nowak in the moments before he died.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary handed themselves into the Independent Office of Police Conduct immediately after the incident.

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