Nearly 450 people have been sentenced for offences in connection with the riots and disorder that broke out in parts of the country after the knife attack by Axel Rudakubana at a Southport dance studio on July 29 2024 that left three girls dead. Here are some of the key statistics on the 446 individuals who have been sentenced, based on data compiled by the PA news agency.
– What is the age range of the people sentenced?. The oldest person to be sentenced is Keith Edwards, 81, of Nottingham, who was given a 28-day sentence, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to a charge of assault by beating during unrest in the city on August 3.
He was also told to pay £85 in costs and a £154 victim surcharge. The oldest person to receive a prison sentence is William Morgan, 69, of Walton in Merseyside, who was jailed for two years and eight months for violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon, a cosh, during unrest in Liverpool on August 3, in which police were attacked and a library was set on fire.
The youngest is a 12-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who threw stones at police after rioting erupted outside a mosque in Southport on July 31, and who was given a 12-month referral order plus a three-month curfew order. His father received a six-month parenting order.
