Fourteen Jailed Over Nottingham 'Mob Violence'

Fourteen people have been jailed for a total of more than 70 years for their part in a riot that saw petrol bombs thrown at a police station in Nottingham.
Three police officers and three community service officers were inside Canning Circus police station when it came under attack last August.
Judge Michael Stoke QC, Recorder of Nottingham, said: "There can be no doubt about it: this was a mob violence of an extreme nature.
"In short, a calculated defiance of the criminal law and a deliberate attack on
the police.
"The numbers involved, far more numerous than those apprehended, must have
caused real fear to decent citizens who witnesses these events or whose property
sustained damage during the course of them."
Ten of the men sentenced were convicted of rioting while the other four, including 16-year-olds, were jailed for violent disorder.
The six-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard witnesses describe the scene
as a "war zone", seeing petrol bombs thrown at the police station during an "organised and planned attack".
Petrol bombs were also thrown at other passing vehicles, including a bus. 
Judge Stokes said: "The use of such unstable weapons in a riot situation, aimed as they were principally at a police station and those inside it, created a substantial risk to life and limb."
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