08/08/2024
This is incredibly dangerous, no one should be jailed for more than two years for shouting at police.
This is what happens in communist China and Putin’s Russia.
Steven Mailen is the first person to be sentenced in Teesside for his involvement in the violent disorder that took place in Hartlepool on Wednesday 31st July. Judge Laird jailed him for 26 months. The 53-year-old was constantly in the face of officers, gesticulating and shouting at them when he chose to take part in the large-scale disorder.
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