three years for taking part here gave derek drummond three years fortaking part in here gave derek drummond for taking part in the southport disturbance, where he was part of a mob of 1,000 people who marched on the town's mosque, declan gearan, he got 30 months for setting fire to a police van in liverpool. liam really 20 months forjoining a protest in liverpool in which he hurtinged abuse at police officer, the judges wanted to make an example of them and he made it clear people should expect long sentence, outside court the senior regional prosecute erwelcomed these sentences. we will continue to work— erwelcomed these sentences. we will continue to work side _ erwelcomed these sentences. we will continue to work side by _ erwelcomed these sentences. we will continue to work side by side - erwelcomed these sentences. we will continue to work side by side with - continue to work side by side with our police — continue to work side by side with our police partners to ensure that the criminaljustice system responds to any— the criminaljustice system responds to any and _ the criminaljustice

can you respond to the sentencing of derek drummond? for taking part in violent disorder in southport. is that what you would have expected? the southport. is that what you would have expected?— southport. is that what you would have exected? . , . have expected? the maximum sentence is five ears have expected? the maximum sentence is five years so — have expected? the maximum sentence is five years so this _ have expected? the maximum sentence is five years so this is _ have expected? the maximum sentence is five years so this is what _ have expected? the maximum sentence is five years so this is what i _ is five years so this is what i would have expected. you get a discount if you are only guilty for about 30%. essentially this is the toughest sentence this judge can get. a sentence of three years is a substantial sentence and exactly in line with what i would expect the courts to be doing in response to this wave of criminal disorder. does the 'ustice this wave of criminal disorder. does the justice system _ this wave of criminal di

but the court heard that derek drummond did express remorse to the police.own his family. today, thejudge said the disorder had been the most foul and racist abuse. "this was not mindless thuggery. you and every other defendant i am dealing with today made a choice to get involved," he said. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg, and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves in violent unrest. many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. riley, drummond and geiran mistakenly thought they would escape justice. they now face an extended period of time behind bars, and their criminal convictions will stay with them forever. these sentencings have been the first for violent disorder. more defendants are coming before judges to face allegations that will take weeks to work through. tomorrow this court is expected to televise the sentencing of convicted offenders — justice being seen to be done. dominic casciani, bbc news, liverpool. sima kotecha is here with more.

derek drummond received three years for his part in the disorder which flared up in southport after threeirls were killed in a knife attack at a dance class. he was one of three men to be jailed at liverpool crown court. declan geiran, seen here, and liam james riley were sentenced to 30 months and 20 months in prison, respectively. so far, more than 400 arrests have been made and about 100 people have been charged in connection with the national unrest. police sources say nearly 6,000 officers have been mobilised in preparation for more violence — there are reports up to 30 further demonstrations planned for wednesday. in sentencing the three men, the judge said that genuine grief had been "hijacked" by their "callous behaviour". jonathan egan, from the crown prosecution service, spoke outside court. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves in violent unrest. many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. the disturbing images we have seen across th

three years for derek drummond. 30 months for declan geiran. and 20 months for liam riley. attacked their communities. on monday, they admitted their crimes and today, at liverpool crown court, they faced the consequences. derek drummond joined a 1,000—strong mob that marched on southport�*s mosque last tuesday. he attacked police as they battled to contain the violence. declan geiranjoined a gang in liverpool last saturday. he set fire to a police van and watched it burn. elsewhere in the city the same day, liam riley was among 100 people advancing on police as some threw rocks and bricks. an officer grappled him to the ground. riley, who was clearly drunk, shouted that he was a "traitor" and "muslim lover". today, thejudge said the disorder had been the most foul and racist abuse. "this was not mindless thuggery. you and every other defendant i am dealing with today made a choice to get involved," he said. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg, and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves i

derek drummond joined the 1,000—strong mob that marched on southport�*s mosque last tuesday. e violence in liverpool on saturday. declan geiran set fire to a police van and watched it burn. liam riley had been drunk when he joined scores of others throwing bricks at police. an officerfloored him. riley screamed that he was a "traitor" and "muslim lover." none of the three men showed a great deal of emotion. in fact, one of them tried to ignore the footage being shown of his crimes. but the court heard that derek drummond did express remorse to the police. he said that he had let down southport, he'd let down the children and he'd let his family. today, thejudge said the disorder had been the most foul and racist abuse. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg, and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves in violent unrest. many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. riley, drummond and geiran mistakenly thought they would escape justice. they now face an extended period of time b

one of the first was derek drummond, who is himself from southport.e two charges against him. the details were discussed in court. this was all in the context of one police officer who wasn't wearing riot gear who was on hart street, where the mass stabbing took place, and he was sent around the corner because the police were aware that a large group was gathering. the police officer went at that large group and i started shouting things towards the moss mosque. the police officer was guarding a police van that had as colleagues inside. mr drummond walked up to that police officer, shouted at him and punched him in the face. this was well other protesters were throwing wheelie bins at the police, paint tins. after that officer was punched he stayed in position for 25 minutes before reinforcements arrived, during which time he was also hit by concrete. we saw some footage of this in court this morning. it was all filmed. there are allegations that mr drummond broke a garden wall to get perks to throw at officers. he has been remanded into custody and w

three years for derek drummond. 30 months for declan geiran. and 20 months for liam riley.ay, at liverpool crown court, they faced the consequences. derek drummond joined the 1,000—strong mob that marched on southport�*s mosque last tuesday. he attacked police as they battled to contain the violence. declan geiranjoined a gang in liverpool last saturday. he set fire to a police van and watched it burn. elsewhere in the city the same day, liam riley was among 100 people advancing on police as some threw rocks and bricks. an officer grappled him to the ground. riley, who was clearly drunk, shouted that he was a "traitor" and "muslim lover". today, thejudge said the disorder had been the most foul and racist abuse. "this was not mindless thuggery. "you and every other defendant i am dealing with today made a choice to get involved," he said. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg, and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves in violent unrest. many of those involved will be sent to prison for a l

three years for derek drummond. 30 months for declan geiran. and 20 months for liam riley.ey'd attacked their communities. on monday, they admitted their crimes and today, at liverpool crown court, they faced the consequences. derek drummond joined the 1,000—strong mob that marched on southport�*s mosque last tuesday. he attacked police as they battled to contain the violence. declan geiranjoined a gang in liverpool last saturday. he set fire to a police van and watched it burn. elsewhere in the city the same day, liam riley was among 100 people advancing on police as some threw rocks and bricks. an officer grappled him to the ground. riley, who was clearly drunk, shouted that he was a "traitor" and "muslim lover". today, thejudge said the disorder had been the most foul and racist abuse. "this was not mindless thuggery. you and every other defendant i am dealing with today made a choice to get involved," he said. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg, and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themse

they have started and they have started with derek drummond, 58.ll then move on to the other two men at liverpool crown court. we'll be getting further updates from our correspondent as the minutes and hours tick by. stay with us for that. i wanted to let you know those proceedings are under way. let's turn to thailand, where the constitutional court has dissolved the reformist political party that won last year's general election. the court ruled that the move forward party's proposal to reform the ban on any criticism of the monarchy, was tantamount to overthrowing the entire state. move forward holds one—third of seats in thailand's legislature but was blocked by conservative and military—backed parties from forming a government. the party's executives have also been banned from engaging in politics for ten years, including leader pita limjaroenrat. let's speak to south east asia correspondentjonathan head, who is in bangkok. whilst this may the expected? absolutely. this court has a long track record of doing this. it is the most serious issue

today, derek drummond, who's 58, was ordered to spend three years behind bars.e described himself as appalling behaviour in court. liam riley, from kirkdale and declan gearin from liverpool, were also sentenced to 20 months and two and a half years respectively , and it comes years respectively, and it comes as the metropolitan police commissioners dismissed accusations of two tier policing. he's called that complete nonsense . the criticism complete nonsense. the criticism came from figures including nigel farage and elon musk, who argued that last week's disorder was handled more severely than it would have been if ethnic minorities were involved. sir mark rowley has been addressing those claims. >> it's complete nonsense. >> it's complete nonsense. >> we have, commentators from either end of the political spectrum who like to throw accusations of bias at the police, because we stand in the middle, we operate independently under the law without fear or favour . favour. >> turning to other news now and shamima begum has lost her final bid to challenge the remov

derek drummond received a sentence of three years for violent disorder and assaulting a police officered at liverpool crown court. declan geiran, seen here, was sentenced to 30 months for violent disorder in liverpool. and liam riley — who was also charged with violent disorder — received a sentence of 20 months. in sentencing the three men, the judge said that genuine grief had been "hijacked" by their "callous behaviour". jonathan egan, from the crown prosecution service, spoke outside court: the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves in violent unrest. many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. the disturbing images we have seen across the country, manipulated by agitators both in person and online, while localfamilies still grieve their loved ones, is an unforgivable and selfish act that each and every person sentenced today will have to live with. violence, rioting and aggression will never be tolerated in this country, and we stand ready t

and somebody now being sentenced in the crown for 3 people was sent sentence. derek drummond at 23 years, which was more than any of them. another mind. james nelson, he's actually from here in bolton. he's in his late teens. he was sentenced to 2 months out him for criminal damage, the full the for a sold. so they're all some very serious charges. i'll take it very seriously as the government is held to emergency basis. so there's part just to about how to deal with this with the police as well. they've sent a full serv around 6000 police offices. right? offices across the country just to be ready for these 100 patients. and at what does they're expecting to see things and any more throughout the week, but they just say they want to get the written leases. they also want plus the pieces and the quote, the quote services to stay open for longer and throughout the coming we can. so they can hand down these sentences quickly and try to touch this from happening essentially to restore, come to the street. and of course com is the overwriting. hi pay or isn't it lower? many things that laura

this is southport rioter derek drummond was jailed for three years for assaulting a police officer.der investigation for this. what we're seeing here, some violence against armed police officers and a second copper now has actually been put under investigation. there's no charges been brought against anyone that we can see in that clip. there is this two tier policing. former detective superintendent shabnam chaudhri gives us her expert opinion and that's next. stay welcome back to patrick christys tonight. now very shortly, i'll have all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages for you. but first, i think it's a really important story. it's kind of a story very much of our time, actually, with what's going on at the moment, a second police officer has now been placed under criminal investigation for assault following a violent incident at manchester airport last month, just days after a rioter was given a three year sentence for assaulting a police officer. so here is the violent attack on police committed by derek drummond in southport last week. >> get back, get back me! come on, get

they include derek drummond, who's 58, sentenced to three years for attacking a police officer.

derek drummond received a sentence of three years for violent disorder and assaulting a police officeree men to be jailed at liverpool crown court. declan geiran, seen here, was sentenced to 30 months for violent disorder in liverpool. and liam riley, who was also charged with violent disorder, received a sentence of 20 months. the violence flared up following false reporting on social media after three young girls were killed in a knife attack at a dance class in southport. nearly 6,000 officers have been mobilised in preparation for more violence — with reports up to 30 further demonstrations are planned for tonight. one of the communities affected by rioting in recent days was walton in merseyside. the community library there was set on fire. our reporterjayne mccubbin has been to meet some of those affected by the violence. they are stealing everything, even the chocolate. even toilet paper they have been stealing. dog foods. this man doesn't want to be filmed, but he does want people to see these images. and you watched this on cctv back at home? yes, exactly. while you were on th

derek drummond are sentenced to three years for violent disorder and assaulting a police officer in southportool but all of the details including comments from the prosecutor who said this was just the tip of the iceberg. more coming up. not a bad day all in all across the board. low pressure sitting to the north of scotland will bring a windy day across the northern half of the country and most of the showers will be here. a few showers the further south you are. and the wind not quite as strong with wide isobars compared to what we expect across the north of the uk and this is where we have most of the showers. that showers will fade out through the evening and we will see thicker cloud piling into wales and south—west england as the next weather front moves in and some splashes of rain by the time we reach dawn but we will import some slightly milder air to the southern areas, so the mid—teens in the south and between ten and 12 degrees further north. it's all tied in with another area of low pressure as weather fronts push in during the course of thursday but we start bright in northern a

so it's been released by police following the conviction of derek drummond, one of the protesters whoson for that. so some pretty hefty, sentences that are being handed down. and the message the message is a unified message, really from the police and the government. and thatis police and the government. and that is that any violence will not be tolerated , that we will not be tolerated, that we will clamp down on it, that the police have the full backing of the politicians and the judiciary should be empowered to hand down significant sentences. but let's just see in light of the footage that charlie has just brought us there, just how even handed they are in their approach going forward. i mean, mark, also to i mean, a lot of people out there on those scenes carrying placards , socialist carrying placards, socialist workers smash fascism and racism by any means necessary. >> and you can see how some bad actors might feel mobilised to say, you know, violent things. >> i'll just feel comfortable doing it, isn't it? >> well, it's always the case in any sort of public order situation wh

one of them then a derek drummond in little pool. crown court was given us 3 years sentence that is the largest sentence, they were to out the sentence back. and there was nothing mantell that james nelson, he's in his late teens. he was sent. it's here in fault one to 2 months. plus the band has to pay a fine so the government is take it very seriously. the government's health, it's 2nd emergency may think since the escalation to find that across the u. k. and just in the past week and a half. so they all bringing additional right offices onto the streets are about a $130.00 units across england. and well, they said that they will keep these prosecution offices in the quote open for longer because really those causing the problems, those leading these, right? they want the students sentence very quickly in order to make an exam, put them in prime minister care selma says that he now wants to make the streets safer. but many people and communities like that says they need to do more that to be because they get the pump members of the community to feel more empowered implements to tell t

yeah, i mean it will go straight to the center that says out says a man code derek drummond, he's in his fifties. he's from southport. he was sentenced to 3 years in prison in the pool crown court alongside to other people. there's another man from bolton here, a james nelson. he was 9, he's 19 and he's been sentenced to 2 months in prison on a have to pay quite a half define. so they are certainly using these people as examples of the net police police offices around the country or coming out in full. so we're expecting us 6000 rights police offices. it's about 31 units between england and wales, so they are set, sorry that, that he will not. and so they are certainly bringing down the full force of law onto these vices. they held that to emergency leasing, and downing street sofa chair. so on this as he will get the street face, but the people here, especially at both, they said this is a really diverse community. they're very close knit community. i've spoken to spoken to people from all walks of life from the many different cultures. and they said that never quite seen anything l

three men were jailed yesterday after admitting taking part in riots. 58—year—old derek drummond, wasribe last night as a success? i of view you would describe last night as a success?— of view you would describe last night as a success? i would as we saw hue night as a success? i would as we saw huge numbers _ night as a success? i would as we saw huge numbers coming i night as a success? i would as we saw huge numbers coming out i night as a success? i would as we saw huge numbers coming out to | night as a success? i would as we i saw huge numbers coming out to show support— saw huge numbers coming out to show support for— saw huge numbers coming out to show support for people in the local communities as there had been concerns— communities as there had been concerns for residents about what could _ concerns for residents about what could happen and a fear of the repeat— could happen and a fear of the repeat of— could happen and a fear of the repeat of the disorder we saw on saturday — repeat of the disorder we saw on saturday so a mobilisation of the local— saturday so a mobilisat

potential rioters were put off by hefty sentences handed out to the like of southport troublemaker derek drummonddisorder and assaulting an emergency worker earlier today. was this a well—timed victory for our beleaguered police forces? i'm joined now by former police armed response sergeant harry tangye. harry, thank you very, very much. and look, i'm going to play just a couple of clips, for you, harry, actually, of something that's just coming through to us now. so this was in brighton earlier today, so thatis in brighton earlier today, so that is the people on their way to this so—called counter protest. i think a couple of the flags there are quite interesting. they appear to be, you know, quite, some of the quite, quite hard left wing flags, aren't they? yeah it's communist flags, apparently. and, and i'm hearing there. so that was some of the stuff from brighton earlier. bear in mind that we heard from our reporter in aldershot that some people had actually bussed themselves into aldershot. they were not locals who were doing some of these counter protest . we can these counter protest. we

media were handed down to three men — tyler kay, richard williams and jordan parlour. 58—year—old derek drummondhter. i am ashamed, and i'm so sorry that you've had to even consider this in the planning of the funeral of your beautiful daughter, alice. and i hope that anyone who has taken part in the violent disorder and i were streets over the past 13 days is hanging their heads in shame at the pain that they have caused you, a grieving family. we're joined now by nazir afzal, the former chief crown prosecutor for the north west of england, and by the chair of the criminal bar association, tana adkin. morning, both of you. tana adkin, if i could come to you first, we know nearly 800 people arrested so far, 118 behind bars stop we expect to see many more in court today. how long will it take to process through all of these people? tt is long will it take to process through all of these people?— all of these people? it is very difficult to — all of these people? it is very difficult to say _ all of these people? it is very difficult to say but _ all of these people? it is very difficult to say bu